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Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night

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

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Kamjuy and the Raja touch their index fingers to their mouths in gestures of surprise.

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