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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

c. 1560

Tara 1

(Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
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Culture
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 8.6 x 10.5 cm (3 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.102.b
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The bricks in the courtyard were originally painted orange.

Description

Before Khujasta can leave to meet her lover, Tuti the talking parrot begins to tell her a story of the conference of eighty wise men and the infant prince who was judged by his musical tastes.
A manuscript page features black and blue Persian calligraphy below an upper painting of a woman gesturing toward a green parrot in a cage. She wears a red skirt, white top, and sheer veil. Densely patterned purple walls and flooring extend behind her next to an alcove with a floral bed. Below, rectangular blocks are filled with script. The scene is framed by a red border under a sky of blue and white dashes.

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

c. 1560

Tara 1

(Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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