Khujasta and the Parrot
1580–85
Object PlaceNorthern India
Medium/TechniqueInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 25 × 15.6 cm (9 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Goelet
Accession number66.114
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This paintings belongs to one of two illustrated copies of the Tutinama that are known to have been made in the last sixteenth century in India. In the text, a parrot tells stories to the wife of a merchant who is off traveling. For each night that the woman's husband is away at sea, the parrot tells a different tale, distracting the woman from thoughts of another man.
InscriptionsCatch word in the lower left of the margin. Number 44 at lower right corner.ProvenanceBy 1966, John Goelet, Amblainville (Oise) France; 1966, gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 9, 1966)
mid-17th century
mid-17th century
about 1600
early 17th century
About 1655–60
About 1760
about 1580