FSG348657 Hand-washing automaton with flush mechanism, folio from \'The Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices; by Al-Djazari, 1315 (opaque w/c, ink & gold on paper) by Islamic School, (14th century); 31.1x21.6 cm; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA; (add.info.: recto: The Basin; verso: text, Syria, 1315; female humanoid automaton standing by basin filled with water; Al Jazari was a 12th century Muslim engineering genius and inventor; served the Urtuq court in Upper Mesopotamia in present-day Turkey; his name derives from the region of his birth, Al Jazira, between the Tigris and Euphrates;); Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution; out of copyright.