id: 137452 accession number: 1962.279.143.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.143.a updated: 2021-01-05 10:01:48.963000 The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.143.a title: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1560 creation date earliest: 1555 creation date latest: 1565 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry copyright: --- culture: India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century technique: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI; date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Khujasta is wearing an ivory-peg earring. digital description: Tuti the parrot begins telling Khujasta a story about the daughter of a pious man who turned down three suitors, so she could follow religious pursuits. She stands outside her bed chamber, where a low table has stacked red water jugs, and a dish with ingredients to make paan. The golden ewer and basin are for handwashing. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976. page number: p. 120 url: Nakhshabī, Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn, and Muhammed Ahmed Simsar, translator and editor. Tales of a Parrot = The Cleveland Museum of Art's Ṭūṭīnāma. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1978. page number: Trans. pp. 135-139 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.143.a/1962.279.143.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.143.a/1962.279.143.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.143.a/1962.279.143.a_full.tif