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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth 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: 9.8 x 10.1 cm (3 7/8 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.223.b
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A small cord around the parrot’s legs keeps him anchored to his cage.

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On the thirty-fourth of fifty-two nights, Tuti the wise parrot tells Khujasta two fantastical stories. The first is about the daughter of a merchant who was saved from an evil fairy by her many suitors. The second features the daughter of a raja who witnessed the miraculous resurrection of her dead husband and his friend.
A vertically oriented manuscript page features rows of Persian script above a gum tempera painting. Khujasta, a woman with medium-light skin tone draped in orange and green, stands in a courtyard facing a green parrot atop a red cage. The composition is flattened into planes of repeating circular and geometric patterns. To the right, a pink building sits near a brick wall, while stylized trees rise behind, rendering a vibrant, decorative scene.

The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

c. 1560

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

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