The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
A man on a brown horse wearing a red shirt and green pants gestures to another man on foot wearing a green tunic and red boots. A pink dragon with green spots and blue flames lies on the ground. Three people on horseback are in the background. The scene has an orange ground with a blue and yellow sky. There is writing in a foreign language at the top and bottom.
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