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The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while the deer, its companion flees to safety, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night

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: 11.7 x 10.2 cm (4 5/8 x 4 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.267.a
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The male spotted deer with delicate white antlers is known as a chital and is native to India.

Description

On the right, the furious gardener raises his staff to strike the ensnared donkey, who struggles to escape his bonds. The deer had previously tried to warn the donkey that his loud and abrasive singing would be his downfall. However, the stubborn donkey could not resist the temptation to bray.
A book page features Persian script in the lower section and in the upper, a gum tempera and ink painting depicting a man with a light skin tone in an orange tunic holding a rod over a gray donkey. A light brown deer leaps in the foreground through green trees and pinkish earth. Four lines of black script are separated by gold bands on a cream background.

The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while the deer, its companion flees to safety, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night

c. 1560

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

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