id:			137452
accession number:	1962.279.143.a
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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 7.1 x 10.1 cm (2 13/16 x 4 in.). 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)
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creation date:			c. 1560
creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1565
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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culture:	Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 7.1 x 10.1 cm (2 13/16 x 4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI;
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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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. <em>The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.
	page number: 	p. 120
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	Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.
	page number: 	p. 79, 120
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	Nakhshabī, Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn, and Muhammed Ahmed Simsar, translator and editor. T<em>ales of a Parrot = The Cleveland Museum of Art's Ṭūṭīnāma</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1978.
	page number: 	Trans. pp. 135-139
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	Seyller, John. “Overpainting in the Cleveland T̤ūtīnāma.” <em>Artibus Asiae</em> 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318.
	page number: 	p. 315
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249892

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