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A Dragon

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Although the surface of this drawing is abraded, it still preserves a virtuoso rendering of a dragon surrounded by foliage and banks of swirling clouds.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art Stuart Cary Welch Jr. Warner New Hampshire (by 1983-2008) by inheritance; to Edith I. Welch Warner New Hampshire (2008-2011) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2011. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Stuart Cary Welch Collection Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Title: A Dragon
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Although the surface of this drawing is abraded, it still preserves a virtuoso rendering of a dragon surrounded by foliage and banks of swirling clouds.

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