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The merchant’s daughter meets the gardener, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an illustration of a scene with a man and four women. The man is on the right side of the image. He has dark skin and long black hair pulled back. He wears a pink tunic over a white and pink checkered shirt, white pants, and black shoes. He holds a tool over his shoulder. The four women are on the left side of the image. They have dark skin and long black hair. They wear colorful dresses and jewelry. The woman furthest on the left wears a blue dress. The second woman from the left wears a pink and white checkered dress. The third woman from the left wears an orange dress. The fourth woman from the left wears a red dress. They stand on a pink brick platform. There are trees and flowers behind them. The top half of the image has writing in a foreign language. The background of the image is white.

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