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The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

c. 1560

Mughal India, court of Akbar

(reigned 1556–1605)
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Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Painting only: 13.9 x 10.2 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in.); Overall: 20 x 14.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.194.b
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The monkey bares his teeth and gesticulates when he talks.

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The lion who rules the meadow returns from a journey to find that his home has been invaded by a family of lynx, who claim that they are its rightful owners. Although this painting depicts all of the animals together, in the text, the lion does not see the lynx and is easily tricked into believing they are fearsome creatures.
A book page features Persian script in the upper third against a gold background. Below, a painting depicts a tawny lion descending a pink rocky slope from our right toward a dark pool. At bottom left, a brown monkey sits on a rock, gesturing with both hands toward two lynxes and three kittens. Stylized trees with layered green leaves and small red flowers populate the landscape, enclosed within a thin gold and red border.

The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

c. 1560

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

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