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The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty in a mirror, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-sixth Night

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

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The mirror that the raja’s wife is holding is painted with silver and would have once looked reflective but has since tarnished.

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