The prince, with the help of Mukhlis who changes into a frog, recovers the ring lost in the sea, and returns it to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
A colorful illustration on aged paper depicts a scene from a story. A man wearing blue pants and a pink sash sits on a yellow patterned cushion on the left. He has a bare chest and a cloth around his head. A man in a white and orange robe stands to his right, extending their right hands to each other. A figure in green and another in yellow are behind the seated man. On the right side of the illustration, a man rides a green boat on a body of water. A large pink structure surrounds him. The background of the illustration includes red, green, and blue elements. The top part of the image features black text on aged paper.
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