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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Tara 1

1560

unspecified

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

mughal_painting Renaissance Renaissance

About this work

You see a woman in a blue robe sitting on a patterned carpet, listening to a bright green parrot perched on a stand beside her. This painting is one frame from a 52-night story cycle. Each night the parrot delays the woman’s secret meeting by telling her a cliffhanger tale. By dawn, she’s still listening—and still safe at home. The gold sky and flat, colorful shapes come from Persian book art, while the woman’s profile and delicate lines show Mughal style. To see more paintings like this, look up mughal india, court of akbar (reigned 1556–1605).

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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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