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The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night

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

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Several red and yellow gemstones, which fell from the bird’s feathers, rest on the ground at its feet.

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