id:			137561
accession number:	1962.279.194.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.194.b
updated:		2022-09-22 09:58:30.955000

The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 13.9 x 10.2 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in.); overall: 20 x 14.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.194.b

title:				The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
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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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CREATORS

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measurements: Painting only: 13.9 x 10.2 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in.); Overall: 20 x 14.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.<br>Indian Minature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 18, 2004 -<br>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B): April 6, 2016 -

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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: 
The monkey bares his teeth and gesticulates when he talks.

digital description: 
The lion who rules the meadow returns from a journey to find that his home has been invaded by a family of lynx, who claim that they are its rightful owners. Although this painting depicts all of the animals together, in the text, the lion does not see the lynx and is easily tricked into believing they are fearsome creatures.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Seyller, John. “Overpainting in the Cleveland T̤ūtīnāma.” <em>Artibus Asiae</em> 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318.
	page number: 	p. 317
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249892

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IMAGES

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