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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page by Basavana — VisualArtsDB

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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

1555–1565

Medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Indian and Southeast Asian Art

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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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