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Categories: Art media, Hardstone carving, Art materials, Islamic art, Italian words and phrases
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pietra dura  marble inlay  Parchin kari  Parchinkari  Petra dura
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Pietra dura or pietre dure, called parchin kari or parchinkari in the Indian Subcontinent, is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images. Wikipedia
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Pietra dura or pietre dure, called parchin kari or parchinkari in the Indian Subcontinent, is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images. Wikipedia
artwork technique of creating works in which pieces of hard, polished stone of varying shapes are set into marble or another hard surface to form a pattern Wikidata
Hard and fine stones in general, as used for inlay etc. and distinguished from the softer stones used in building. Wiktionary
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A Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble. Wiktionary
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marble inlay, Parchin kari, Parchinkari, Petra dura, Pietra Dura, pietre dura, pietre dure, stone inlay
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pietre dure, pietre duré

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