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Cadmus Slays the Dragon Who Ate His Companions
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Gushtasp Slays a Dragon (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
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Watch with a cast, gilded brass case, depicting St. George and the Dragon, inscribed 'Fur Gruber', maker's mark HVG for Hans Grüber, Germany (Nuremberg), about 1560. Watch with a cast, pierced and chased brass case, depicting St. George and the dragon. In
Watch with a cast, gilded brass case, depicting St. George and the Dragon, inscribed 'Fur Gruber', maker's mark HVG for Hans Grüber, Germany (Nuremberg), about 1560. Watch with a cast, pierced and chased brass case, depicting St. George and the dragon. In
Watch with a cast, gilded brass case, depicting St. George and the Dragon, inscribed 'Fur Gruber', maker's mark HVG for Hans Grüber, Germany (Nuremberg), about 1560. Watch with a c...