Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso)
A peacock with blue body, white neck and head, multicolored tail feathers, and long beak; standing on a table with a boy dressed in brown and red handing it water from a white jug. The table has a brown top with a patterned border, green legs, and red base, with a hole at the bottom. A second image shows a page of Arabic writing in black ink.
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