id:			137961
accession number:	1962.279.75.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.75.b
updated:		2023-03-10 19:42:37.622000

The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night, c. 1560. Lalu. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 7.6 x 10.2 cm (3 x 4 in.); overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.75.b

title:				The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
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

* Lalu  - artist

---

measurements: Painting only: 7.6 x 10.2 cm (3 x 4 in.); Overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	lālū
	translation:	
	remark:		

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI;
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:
Outside of this manuscript, only one other known work is attributed to the painter Lalu.

digital description:
A wise, green parrot perches on the hand of the king of Syria. Clutched in his beak is a small orange fruit that he plucked from a tree in the netherworld and brought back as a reward for many years of the king’s kindness. Despite being offered eternal life, the king is hesitant to eat the fruit.

wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	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: 	p. 107
	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: 	p. 107
	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, 107
	url:		

	Seyller, John. “Overpainting in the Cleveland T̤ūtīnāma.” <em>Artibus Asiae</em> 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318.
	page number: 	p. 312
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249892

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.75.b/1962.279.75.b_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.75.b/1962.279.75.b_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.75.b/1962.279.75.b_full.tif