The King of the Elephants

1073 AH/AD 1663

15 cm 26.5 cm

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On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, the king of the elephants comes to a pool of water, in which is seen the reflection of the moon. He tests the story of the leader of a band of hares, in which the moon will supposedly be angry if the elephants come to drink from the...

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Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [round seal impression, Ibrahim (...) on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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