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Viper in a Rocky Garden from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

c. 1300
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
24.3 × 18.9 cm (9.6 × 7.4 in)

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