id: 137556 accession number: 1962.279.192.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.192.a updated: 2022-01-04 16:10:06.966000 The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-ninth 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; painting only: 9.7 x 10 cm (3 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.); overall: 20 x 14.2 cm (7 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.192.a title: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-ninth 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: 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Painting only: 9.7 x 10 cm (3 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Overall: 20 x 14.2 cm (7 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B): April 6, 2016 - --- PROVENANCE Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI; date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Two pieces of blue and white Chinese porcelain are visible in niches in Khujasta’s room. digital description: Khujasta consults with the talking parrot Tuti before leaving to meet with her lover. The shrewd bird begins to tell her the story of a lynx who successfully saved himself from a lion. By the time the story ends, it is too late for Khujasta to leave for her rendezvous. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Seyller, John. “Overpainting in the Cleveland T̤ūtīnāma.” Artibus Asiae 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318. page number: p. 317 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249892 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.192.a/1962.279.192.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.192.a/1962.279.192.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.192.a/1962.279.192.a_full.tif