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Art History Animalia

anyone? Check out this amazing work!

A floral fantasy of animals & birds (Waq-waq)
early 1600s
India, Mughal
Gum tempera & gold on paper
37.6x26.6cm

"Derived ultimately from a conflation of medieval Persian & Qur'anic sources, including descriptions of the mythical island of Waq-waq inhabited by half-plant/half-animal creatures, this extraordinary painting depicts a plant that brings forth animal life in multiple forms."
clevelandart.org/art/2013.319#