id:			137785
accession number:	1962.279.300.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.300.b
updated:		2023-03-10 19:42:36.406000

The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-seventh night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 4.8 x 10.2 cm (1 7/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.300.b

title:				The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-seventh night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh 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:	opaque watercolor, 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: 4.8 x 10.2 cm (1 7/8 x 4 in.)
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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 flat planes of bold color were favored by Indian artists before the time of Akbar.

digital description:
Against a brightly colored red and green background, Khujasta meets with Tuti the talking parrot. In order to keep her from leaving to visit her lover, the parrot tells Khujasta a moralizing story about four friends who were given magical shells by a wise man.

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