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The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night

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The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night, c. 1560. gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper.

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gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper · Painting only: 9.8 x 10.2 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title
The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
Artist
Lalu (Indian, active mid-1500s)
Date
c. 1560
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Painting only: 9.8 x 10.2 cm (3 7/8 x 4 in.); Overall: 20.1 x 13.2 cm (7 15/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Cleveland Museum of Art

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night · Lalu, c. 1560
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The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night, Lalu

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