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        "tombstone": "The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the prince\u2019s feet and beg forgiveness, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): Fourth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556\u20131605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 5.2 x 10.5 cm (2 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.); overall: 20 x 14.7 cm (7 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.30.a",
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        "title": "The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the prince\u2019s feet and beg forgiveness, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): Fourth Night",
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        "measurements": "Painting only: 5.2 x 10.5 cm (2 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Overall: 20 x 14.7 cm (7 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)",
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 311529,
                    "title": "Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation",
                    "description": "<i>Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).",
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                "description": "Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881\u20131958], Bowie, MD",
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                    "<div><!--block-->Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (May 16, 1881\u2013September 26, 1958) was an American diplomat and politician, who served in the administrations of Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Long is largely remembered for his obstructionist role as the Assistant Secretary of State responsible for granting refugee visas during World War II.&nbsp;</div><div><!--block-->His interests included the collection of antiques, paintings and American ship models. He maintained a stable of Thoroughbred race horses and was a director of the Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, and he enjoyed fox hunting, fishing, and sailing.</div>"
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                "description": "(Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA)",
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                "date": "1959\u20131962?",
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                "description": "(Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry)",
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                "date": "1959?\u20131962",
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        "did_you_know": "Despite their disguises, the prince recognizes the two cooks.",
        "description": "Seated on a fine stool in the center, the king is astonished to receive his two handsome cooks, whom he had sent to seduce his soldier\u2019s faithful wife. After she trapped them and kept them prisoner for weeks until the arrival of the king, she shaved their heads and forced them to dress as female servants to shame them for testing her fidelity. <br><br>Some folios in this manuscript were altered from their original compositions, creating discoloration in many areas. The yellow background was changed to lavender, the legs of the stool were shortened, and the king\u2019s bolster lowered. The manuscript\u2019s patron, the Mughal emperor Akbar, brought artists from many regions of India to work in his court, and some of their compositions and color choices were updated, apparently after they learned of Akbar\u2019s stylistic preferences. This important manuscript, which is almost entirely in the Cleveland Museum of Art\u2019s collection, is critical for understanding the early development of Mughal painting.",
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                "citation": "Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.",
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