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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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The gauzy fabric that Khujasta wears over her sari is called an odhani .

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