The prince, having deprived the snake of its natural food, a frog, feeds it with a piece of his own flesh, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
A man wearing a yellow dhoti with gold jewelry and a white headpiece feeds a piece of pink flesh to a large black snake with curled tails on the right; the snake is sitting on a brown tiled floor beside a black pond with green lily pads and pink flowers. The man stands on the left. A second man wearing orange and blue clothing and gold jewelry stands behind him on the left. A tree is on the left behind the men and a palm tree on the right behind the snake. The background has a pink sky with a yellow horizon line. Black Persian script is on a beige background at the top.
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