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The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

c. 1560

Tara 1

(Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
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Culture
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Painting only: 14.8 x 10.3 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.60.b
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A merchant’s wife carries on affairs while her husband is away. On the journey home, the merchant buys a woman’s company for the night. His own wife answers the call. When the merchant’s identity is revealed, the wife attacks him in order to distract from her own indiscretions. Townspeople surrounding the merchant’s chamber look on at the sound of the assault.
A book page features Persian script in the upper fourth and a painting below depicting figures with medium skin tones. Inside a decorated room, a woman in red stands over a seated man, grabbing his beard. Another woman watches from a doorway. In the lower foreground, three men kneel on a blue patterned floor, one playing a drum. Above the building, trees rise against a dark sky. The paint has flaked away at several points.

The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

c. 1560

Tara 1

(Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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