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The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night

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

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Black pom-poms on the woman's shoes, braid, and jewelry indicate the ends of ties.

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