Gallery›Cleveland Museum of Art›The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
Cleveland Museum of Art
The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art
The cooked body of the seven-colored bird lies thrown on the tiled floor.
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