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Illustration from the manuscript of the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, c.1250.

58, 55b: Gulshāh à demi-couchée sur un trône, trouve la bague dans le lait; au milieu une écuelle sur laquelle il y a coupe avec le lait; devant elle une servante; fond rouge; inscription: "Elle boit le lait, trouve la bague, et [perd] connaissance."
58, 55b: Gulshāh half-reclining on a throne, found the ring in the milk, in the middle a bowl on which there are cuts with the milk; before it a servant; red background; inscription: "She drank the milk, found the ring, and [lost] consciousness."

Gulshah found the ring in the milk


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