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The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth 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: 9.9 x 10 cm (3 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.315.a
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Strings of pearls are braided into the woman’s hair.

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A king’s official sits conversing with the oldest of three brothers. Despite his advanced age, the man appears younger than all of his siblings. When asked, he explains that he has not aged because his life is free of anxiety: his farm yields abundant crops, and his wife is obedient and happy.
A vertically oriented tempera painting features panels of black script framing a central scene. A woman with light skin in a red sari stands facing two men seated on a patterned blue rug beneath a green canopy. All are shown in profile with light skin tones. They are depicted within a courtyard with red railings, patterned walls, and three vessels on the floor.

The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night

c. 1560

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

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