The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basawan, 1560

LOCATIONCleveland Museum of Art

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Basawan

Master painter of Mughal Emperor Akbar's atelier who brought Persian and Indian traditions together on the page.