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Habbaza meets Bashir under a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night

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: 13.8 x 10 cm (5 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.168.b
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The dark sky indicates that this scene takes place at night.

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Habbaza clandestinely meets with her lover Bashir outside of her village. The two lovers have been separated by Habbaza’s husband, who learned of their affair. Bahir’s friend, who arranged the secret meeting, waits at the right. The lower register shows a scene of the activity in Habbaza’s village.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting on paper depicts Persian script above a landscape. Center, a man in an orange tunic stands over a bowing woman near a leafy tree, while a bearded man in green watches. Below, a crowded camp fills the foreground with vibrant blue and red tents. Numerous figures with light skin tones and animals occupy spaces between dwellings, situated beneath a textured, pink and purple rocky slope.

Habbaza meets Bashir under a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night

c. 1560

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

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