The goldsmith and the carpenter inform the king of a dream in which the golden images plan to desert the city for lack of worshippers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night

The image depicts a scene with two distinct sections. The top section features a purple screen with a red border and a decorative triangular pattern on top. The screen displays two golden statues of seated men with their legs crossed. The statues are positioned on red and white patterned rugs and have their hands resting on their knees. Two green trees flank the screen on either side, against a blue sky with a yellow border. The bottom section shows a man reclining on a blue and gold platform, covered by a red and yellow umbrella held by a man in green. The reclining man wears a red head covering and has a bare torso. He appears to be speaking to a man kneeling before him, who wears a yellow robe and a red head covering. Three other men stand around the platform; two on the left wear white head coverings and robes, while the one on the right wears a green robe and holds a fly swatter. The background of the bottom section is blue, with a yellow wall and green and pink windows behind the group.

Artwork Details

Dimensions: 574 × 900 px
Museum Record: View original

Palette

Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the princess of Rum, now married to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

Shispul Arguing with Rukmini's Father, Bhishmaka, page from a Rukmini Mangal series

A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

The handmaiden again appeals for justice and the prince is led to the place of execution for the third time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night