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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.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.197.b
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented page of aged, textured paper is filled with eleven horizontal rows of black and orange-gold calligraphic strokes. These fluid characters dominate the center, their rhythmic loops splaying over a faint, misted scene of pale blue and gray. A purple splotch marks the upper left. A thin, decorative border of red, gold, and black lines frames the composition, containing the sweeping ink within a rigid, structured edge.

Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)

c. 1560

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

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