On the twenty-third of fifty-two nights, Tuti the wise, talking parrot tells Khujasta the story of Kamjuy the wife of a raja, a group of laughing fish, and a boy who was born without a father. A stool painted beneath Khujasta’s feet negates the appearance that she is floating.

A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting on paper depicts an illustrated upper half above horizontal script. A woman with light brown skin stands on a patterned platform, gesturing toward a green parrot in a cage hanging to our left. To our left, red vessels sit on a table. To our right, an arched opening reveals a bed with patterned pillows. Below, several rows of black script fill the page.

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

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

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