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Bihzad

The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

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

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This painting is attributed to Bihzad, the son of Abd al-Samad the Persian master of the Mughal court.

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