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

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.); Painting only: 7.1 x 10.1 cm (2 13/16 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.143.a
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Khujasta is wearing an ivory-peg earring.

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Tuti the parrot begins telling Khujasta a story about the daughter of a pious man who turned down three suitors, so she could follow religious pursuits. She stands outside her bed chamber, where a low table has stacked red water jugs, and a dish with ingredients to make paan. The golden ewer and basin are for handwashing.
A vertically oriented book page features black Persian script in the upper half and a gum tempera painting below. Inside a pink room, Khujasta, shown in profile with medium skin tone wearing a red blouse and blue skirt, faces a green parrot in a golden cage. A table with red and green vessels sits nearby. To our right, an open structure reveals a red rug and yellow bolster. A gold border frames the scene.

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

c. 1560

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

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