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        "tombstone": "The Brahman\u2019s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who carries the news to the king of the Ocean, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556\u20131605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 8.3 x 10.2 cm (3 1/4 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.89.a",
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        "title": "The Brahman\u2019s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who carries the news to the king of the Ocean, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night",
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                {
                    "id": 395247,
                    "title": "Animal Fables of Mughal India",
                    "description": "<i>Animal Fables of Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 12-August 29, 2021).",
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                "description": "Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881\u20131958], Bowie, MD",
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                    "<div><!--block-->Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (May 16, 1881\u2013September 26, 1958) was an American diplomat and politician, who served in the administrations of Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Long is largely remembered for his obstructionist role as the Assistant Secretary of State responsible for granting refugee visas during World War II.&nbsp;</div><div><!--block-->His interests included the collection of antiques, paintings and American ship models. He maintained a stable of Thoroughbred race horses and was a director of the Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, and he enjoyed fox hunting, fishing, and sailing.</div>"
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                "date": "?\u20131959",
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                "description": "(Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA)",
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                "date": "1959\u20131962?",
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                "description": "(Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry)",
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                "date": "1959?\u20131962",
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        "did_you_know": "On the Brahman's arm is written \"Ram Ra[m],\" indicating that he is a devotee of Rama, avatar of Vishnu.",
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        "description": "A Brahman stands on a sandy beach prayerfully calling out for help to send a message to the king of the ocean. His own raja (sovereign) had sent him on pain of death to bring the king of the ocean to the Raja\u2019s son\u2019s wedding in three days. In the text, the wind brings the Brahman\u2019s message to the ocean, and the fish, hearing it, take the news of the wedding invitation to their king. The swirling eddies and foamy shore suggest the presence of wind. Besides fish, a crocodile, sea snake, frog, and turtle also heed the message.",
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        "citations": [
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                "citation": "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. 79, 110",
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            {
                "citation": "Seyller, John. \u201cOverpainting in the Cleveland T\u0324\u016bt\u012bn\u0101ma.\u201d <em>Artibus Asiae</em> 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318.",
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            "Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eleventh night: The Brahman is asked by the Raja to bring the king of the Ocean to his nuptial feast on pain of death. The Brahman\u2019s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who carries the news to the king of the Ocean"
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