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"Pair of Eagles", Folio from a Manafi' al-hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

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"Pair of Eagles", Folio from a Manafi' al-hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Ibn Bakhtishu'

Date: ca. 1300
Type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Department: Islamic Art
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 18.26.2
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1918

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mediumWatercolor mediumInk mediumGold mediumPaper typeFolio from an illustrated manuscript era14th century subjectEagles subjectFlowers creatorIbn Bakhtishu'

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