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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth 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: 8.9 x 10.1 cm (3 1/2 x 4 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.258.a
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A highly corrosive copper green pigment, called verdigris, has darkened and damaged the paper.

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As Khujasta prepares to leave to spend the night with her lover, she is stopped by Tuti the parrot. Tuti begins to tell her the story of a merchant’s wife, named Shahr-Arai, who tricked her husband in order to carry out an affair. The story is set in Nishapur, a city in northeast Iran.
A book page features bands of Persian script above and below a painting of a woman with light skin tone. She reaches toward a green parrot on a stand while standing on a terrace of pink and brown geometric patterns. The scene is flattened into colorful planes, featuring a pink pavilion with a green roof and a red garden fence. A leafy tree grows on the left, and a golden vessel sits on the right.

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

c. 1560

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

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