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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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

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A highly corrosive copper green pigment, called verdigris, has darkened and damaged the paper.

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