Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso)

Date: 1315
Medium: opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Origin: Syria, Damascus, Mamluk Period, 14th Century
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Qualities of Ringdoves (recto); On the Benefits of Quails (verso), from a Persian Manafi‘ al-Hayawan (The Benefits of Animals) of Abu Said Ubaid-Allah ibn Jibrail ibn Bakhtishu (died 1058–68)
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years)
The Story of Hushang (recto), Illustration and text (Persian Prose) from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru; Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

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