id: 137968 accession number: 1962.279.79.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.79.a updated: 2022-03-12 10:00:33.689000 The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night, c. 1560. Suraju (Indian). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 7.7 x 10.1 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.); overall: 20 x 13.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.79.a title: The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, 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 * Suraju (Indian) - artist --- measurements: Painting only: 7.7 x 10.1 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.); Overall: 20 x 13.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: [su]rjū 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: Black pom-poms on the woman's shoes, braid, and jewelry indicate the ends of ties. digital description: In order to prevent his own execution, the loyal parrot must prove to the king that the fruit of the Tree of Life is not poisonous. When the fruit restores the youth of an old man, the parrot is vindicated. He watches from his cage, alongside other members of the court, as the king happily picks from the tree. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS