id:			137924
accession number:	1962.279.59.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.59.a
updated:		2022-01-04 16:11:52.230000

Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night, c. 1560. Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.59.a

title:				Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 1560
creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1565
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
copyright:			

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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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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	aiẓan
	translation:	
	remark:		

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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: 
The inscription on this page attributes it to the same artist as the previous painting (1962.279.58.a).

digital description: 
Two white birds wade at the edges of a dark colored lotus pool surrounded by lush green trees. Though the artist is from the western Indian state of Gujarat, many elements reveal a familiarity with Persian painting conventions, such as the arid pink ground with tufts of grass, the overlapping leaves of the trees, and the grassy sward. The water was once silver, which has now tarnished black, and white lines render swirling eddies.

wall description: 

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<div><!--block-->Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.&nbsp;</div>
	page number: 	p. 100
	url:		

	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: 	pp. 78, 100
	url:		

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.59.a/1962.279.59.a_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.59.a/1962.279.59.a_full.tif