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The wife of the son of the vizier brings the magic wooden parrot to her lover, the monk, who exchanges it for the replica, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night

c. 1560

Lalu

(Indian, active mid-1500s)
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Culture
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Painting only: 7.4 x 10.2 cm (2 15/16 x 4 in.); Overall: 20 x 13.2 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.83.b
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The replica parrot is denoted by its lack of pupils.

Description

The wife of the vizier’s son is having an affair with the monk, who is seated on tiger skins and wearing the blue robes of a dervish. Because he is a charlatan, he is able to recognize the deception taking place.
A book page features Persian script in the upper half and in the lower, a painting depicting a man in a blue tunic, a leopard skin across his shoulders and seated on a tiger skin, exchanging green parrots with a standing woman wearing orange trousers and a sheer covering. Both have light skin tones. The man sits on a tile platform under a covering. A gold hill with pink peaks rises behind the woman.

The wife of the son of the vizier brings the magic wooden parrot to her lover, the monk, who exchanges it for the replica, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night

c. 1560

Lalu

(Indian, active mid-1500s)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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