Two Dragons Entwined on a Spray of Stylized Foliage

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Two Dragons Entwined on a Spray of Stylized Foliage

Turkey, about 1575
Paintings
Ink, color washes, and gold on paper
7 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (18.1 x 9.4 cm)
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.85.237.18)
Not currently on public view

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