1560
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page is a 1560 unspecified by Basawan, a Mughal Painting work, depicting Made for Prince Salim, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This page is covered in neat black lines of text. Tiny gold flowers dot the edges. The rest is plain white paper. It’s from a set of 250 pages, each a story. These tales were told to entertain Akbar, a Mughal emperor. The text is Persian. The gold dots are just decoration. Look up Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) next.
Basāwan, or Basāvan, was an Indian miniature painter in the Mughal style. He was known by his contemporaries as a skilled colorist and keen observer of human nature, and for his use of portraiture in the illustrations…
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