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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page (blank)

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 1962.279.295.b
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
One side of a vertically oriented cream page features eleven horizontal lines of blue Persian script framed by a thin red and gold border. The text is faint and mirrored, showing through from the reverse side. Dark ink smudges and scattered staining mark the aged surface. The ghostly rows are evenly spaced and centered on the page, leaving clear, wide margins around the delicate ink calligraphy.

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page (blank)

c. 1560

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

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