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anonymous: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)  wikidata:Q60468562 reasonator:Q60468562
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Title
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eighth night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the eighth night
Part of Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot) Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

On the eighth night, the parrot tells Khujasta a story-the most lavishly illustrated of all the chapters in the book-that has important parallels with the experiences of Emperor Akbar himself. The overarching tale is about a prince who maintained a vow of silence despite being imprisoned and taken to be executed on seven consecutive days. Each day, the king was convinced to stop the execution after hearing a story told by one of his seven viziers, or ministers. The adjacent paintings illustrate scenes from the overarching tale as well as the fifth vizier's story.

The golden sky, purple hills, cyprus tree, and flowering branches are elements learned from Persian painting. Indian sources contributed the bolster that appears to float on the suggestively red-colored plane of the bed.
Date between 1558 and 1560
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1558-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1560-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession number
1962.279.51.b
Place of creation India, Mughal, reign of Akbar (1556-1605), 16th century
Credit line Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
References https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.51.b Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.51.b

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