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Shahr-Arai and Her Lover Dallying on a Bed beneath Which Is Concealed Her Husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Unknown Mughal painter, court of Akbar

c. 1560

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The story

On the Fortieth Night of the Tales of a Parrot, a husband hides under the bed to catch his wife with her lover. The hem of his purple robe gives him away, and Shahr-Arai spots it and hatches a trick to save her lover.

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Object details

Title: Shahr-Arai and Her Lover Dallying on a Bed beneath Which Is Concealed Her Husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Artist: Unknown Mughal painter, court of Akbar
Date: c. 1560
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Gum tempera, ink and gold on paper
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit line: Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0).
Object number: EFA.0415
Original image: 2018 × 3000 px
Source record: View on clevelandart.org
License evidence: See the license

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Unknown Mughal painter, court of Akbar. Shahr-Arai and Her Lover Dallying on a Bed beneath Which Is Concealed Her Husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot). c. 1560. Cleveland Museum of Art. Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0415/