Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eighth night: The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper; overall: 20 x cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in

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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eighth night: The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper; overall: 20 x cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in

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