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The daughter of the merchant of Mazanderan asks the gardener for the rose, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

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

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This page was painted by the same anonymous artist who painted folios 99v (1962.279.99.b) and 100v (1962.279.100.b).

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