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A woman with two children, having abandoned her home, goes into the forest where she encounters a leopard, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirtieth 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: 15.6 x 10.2 cm (6 1/8 x 4 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.200.b
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The woman is described as bad-tempered, quarrelsome, sharp-tongued, gossipy, and peevish.

Description

A woman described as ill-tempered and quarrelsome was beaten by her husband, so she fled with her children into the wilderness. A fearsome leopard approached them, hoping to carry the children away for a meal. Thinking quickly, the woman offered the leopard one of her children and half of her own body, stating that a lion has staked claim to the other half. Fearing rivalry with the lion, the leopard quickly fled.

The gold sky and arid landscape in shades of pink and blue derive from painting styles of northwestern Iran, but the woman’s dress is the tied blouse and wrapped skirt of India.
Vertically oriented book page with, in the lower left, a woman looking down and back at two children, all with light skin tones. Behind, to the right on pale pink and blue rocky outcroppings, climbs a white leopard printed with black spot clusters and turning, fangs bared as it looks toward the woman. Trees with finely detailed leaves sprout on the lower right and at the top of the rocky outcropping against a gold background.

A woman with two children, having abandoned her home, goes into the forest where she encounters a leopard, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirtieth Night

c. 1560

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

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