id:			137970
accession number:	1962.279.8.a
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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): First night: Khujasta kills the pet myna who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper; page: 19.9 x 14.2 cm (7 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.); painting: 12.9 x 10.5 cm (5 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.8.a

title:				Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): First night: Khujasta kills the pet myna who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband
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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:	India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century
technique:	Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 19.9 x 14.2 cm (7 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.); Painting: 12.9 x 10.5 cm (5 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 4 - August 5, 2003.<br>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 20 - August 18, 2004.

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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: 
Merchant ships brave treacherous waters; a distant city appears in the upper left.

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wall description: 
This first painting from Akbar’s Tuti-nama depicts a scene from the book’s frame story. Using a narrative device common in pre-Mughal India, the painting shows three different moments of time: Maymun sailing away on a merchant ship; his wife, Khujasta, on the roof of her house gesturing to, as the story tells us, a prince on the street below, with whom she falls in love; and Khujasta in the courtyard of her home having dashed the pet myna bird to the floor in anger.
An exceptionally important manuscript, the Tuti-nama was painted by Indian artists, many of whom were learning to work in a Persian book format for the first time. Stylistic features of pre-Mughal Indian painting appear throughout the manuscript, such as the flat red floor and the white-on- black horizontal parapet.
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