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The creatures of the sea are asked by the king of the Ocean to take a message to the Brahman, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night

c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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The sea dragon is chief of the many species under the Ocean King’s command.

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