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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

c. 1560

Mughal India, court of Akbar

(reigned 1556–1605)
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Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.131.a
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented, aged paper is inked with thirteen horizontal lines of black cursive script featuring fluid, sweeping strokes. A thin gold and red border frames the central text, followed by wider cream margins outlined with delicate blue and red lines. The paper displays a warm tone with darker discoloration at the bottom left. Elegant calligraphy occupies the center, contained within multiple decorative borders on the time-worn surface.

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

c. 1560

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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