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"id": 292529,
"title": "Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation \u2013 November 2016-April 2017",
"description": "Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation \u2013 November 2016-April 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017).",
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"description": "A young male figure, probably the pilgrim Sudhana, sits on a cushion with a bolster and interacts with a parrot, perched on the trunk of a tree. Sudhana's gesture indicates that the bird should not be afraid. Most pages from this dispersed 355-folio manuscript have a single painting only on the recto side.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: cat. no. 752",
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