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The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl, who is adept at music, awaits, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth 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: 10.3 x 9.9 cm (4 1/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.305.a
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The girl’s left eye extends beyond the contours of her face, and she wears an ivory plug earring; both are common features of pre-Mughal painting.

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The young man, on the right, shares his problem with his friend. His lover, the slave girl, waits in the background, harp in hand. The man has squandered his riches and now seeks a way to earn them back. His friend suggests that he should become a musician and entertain nobility. Finding this advice degrading, the young man declines and decides to sell the girl.
A book page features Persian script in the upper half and a painting below depicting figures with medium skin tones in a pavilion. On our left, a woman behind a fence holds a stringed instrument. In the center, a seated man in a red turban and orange tunic gestures toward a kneeling man in orange on our right. They sit on a blue rug beside a hookah. A white dome crowns the pavilion against hills.

The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl, who is adept at music, awaits, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night

c. 1560

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

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