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Miniature Painting: Kalila wa Dimna, ca. 1333. Ink and opaque watercolors on paper, 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (32.4 x 22.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Fraad, 71.48

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Folio from a Kalila wa-dimna; recto: text, The story of magpies and owls; verso: The battle between the magpies and the owls mid-15th century Timurid period Opaque watercolor and ink on paper H: 22.9 W: 14.6 cm Iran

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Lion and Bull

Ajanta

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Monkey and Crocodile Stamp

Indian Postage Stamp

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Lithograph

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Crow Addresses the Animals

Miskin (attributed to), The crow addresses the animals, a mounted miniature in gouache on paper Mughal dynasty, around AD 1600 India Illustration to an animal fable A throng of creatures from the earth, sea and air gathers around a rocky outcrop to listen to the wise crow, perched on the peak. Among them are dragons, cheetahs, crocodiles, vultures, frogs, scorpions and a simurgh (a mythical bird). This may be an episode from the popular fable of the crows and the owls, whose enmity begins whe

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A page from the Arabic version of Kalila wa dimna, dated 1210 CE, illustrating t