I've just discovered the
Blacas Ewer! It has loads of engravings illustrating scenes from 1200s Persia and thus offers lots of information on what life was like back then. And guess what? It has a picture of a prince hunting with a cheetah:D. There's a hound (probably a kind of
Saluki) running around and being distracted by a bird, but the cheetah
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