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"description": "Circumcision ceremony for Akbar\u2019s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu\u2019l Fazl (Indian, 1551\u20131602), c. 1602\u20133. Attributed to Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580\u20131605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 22.9 x 12.1 cm (9 x 4 3/4 in.); sheet with border: 34.7 x 22.5 cm (13 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.76",
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