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The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the princess of Rum, now married to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

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

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The artist neglected to paint the white hairs of the fly whisk above the head of the king.

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