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The Child and the Dragon in the Vessel: Plate XII
A large crowned flask occupies an architectural niche, with a child-like figure above a curling dragon inside. Everyday scenes of work and exchange fill the surrounding border. The image begins the sequence of vessels accompanying the fourth treatise on the means of perfecting the work.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Child and the Dragon in the Vessel: Plate XII" [editorial title]. In Splendor Solis, Attributed to Solomon Trismosin; explanatory notes by J. K.. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; undated title, catalogued as 1920 by Cornell University Library., undated edition, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.. Source scan leaf 62. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0412-0053
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Illustrator not identified. The Child and the Dragon in the Vessel: Plate XII. Splendor Solis. Scan leaf 62. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0412-0053