<｜begin▁of▁sentence｜>### Instruction:
Given a GradientPalette object named 'gradient_palette', can you plot the colors of the palette onto a Cairo context or matplotlib Axes, and save or display the result?
### Response:
import igraph as ig
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Assume we have a GradientPalette object named 'gradient_palette'
# Create a Cairo Image Surface
width, height = 300, 50
surface = ig.cairo.ImageSurface(ig.cairo.FORMAT_ARGB32, width, height)
ctx = ig.cairo.Context(surface)

# Plot the gradient palette on the Cairo context
gradient_palette.__plot__(ctx, (0, 0, width, height))

# Save the result to a file
surface.write_to_png('gradient_palette.png')

# Alternatively, to use matplotlib Axes
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
gradient_palette.__plot__(ax)
plt.show()
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