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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth 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: 9.2 x 10.2 cm (3 5/8 x 4 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.237.a
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Zabul is a city in southern Afghanistan.

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On the thirty-sixty of fifty-two nights, Khujasta stands before Tuti the talking parrot in a brightly patterned courtyard. In order to keep Khujasta from visiting her lover, Tuti begins to tell her the tragic story of the King of Zabul, who fell for a merchant’s daughter and ultimately died as a result of his unrequited love.
A vertical manuscript page features black Persian calligraphy framing a central painting. A woman with light skin tone, dressed in an orange skirt and green bodice, reaches toward a green parrot perched atop a red, domed cage. To the right, an open pavilion with blue-patterned walls and a pink hexagonal roof contains a white cushion. Lush green trees stand behind a red fence in the upper left corner.

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

c. 1560

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

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