Title

The Crows Trap the Owls in Their Cave by Lighting a Fire at the Entrance and Fanning..., 18th cent. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Crows Trap the Owls in Their Cave by Lighting a Fire at the Entrance and Fanning it with Their Wings, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A88_279

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,2Mb (7,6Mb) / 11,6in x 16,5in / 3468 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal animals arts painting bird birds country Egypt fire flame flames museum color bird of prey owl owls Egyptian location century crows floral literature Syria syrian flowered watercolour raptor crow Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art fable 18th century Eighteenth Century fables manuscript Unknown Mizraim Heritage Art ink and opaque watercolour on paper Kalila wa-Dimna Kalila wa Dimna Kalilag and Damnag Kalilah wa Dimnah Panchatantra The Fables of Bidpai