The wife of the son of the vizier brings the magic wooden parrot to her lover, the monk, who exchanges it for the replica, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
1560
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1560
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a woman in a red dress handing a wooden parrot to a man in blue robes sitting on tiger skins. This painting is from a book of stories told by a parrot to keep its owner from sneaking out at night. The monk is a fake—he knows the parrot is a trick, but he plays along. The bright colors and flat figures are typical of Indian miniatures from this time. If you like this, look up *Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)*.
