Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fifty-second night: The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger
December 31, 1559
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Akbar 1556–1605
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fifty-second night: The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger
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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fifty-second night: The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger c. 1560 Part of a set. See all set records India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.335.b PROVENANCE Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI;