The monkey, serving as the lion’s chamberlain, converses with the lynx and its mate who have arrived with their cubs to settle in the lion’s domain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

The image depicts a colorful illustration of animals in a natural setting, accompanied by text written in a foreign language, likely Persian. The illustration shows a monkey sitting on the left, facing right, and appears to be talking to a lynx and its mate who are standing to the right, with their cubs nearby. The lynx and its mate are looking at the monkey. The scene is set against a backdrop of trees, flowers, and greenery. The animals are colored in shades of brown and pink. The monkey is light brown. The lynx and its mate are darker brown with a pinkish hue on their faces and legs. The text above the illustration is written in black ink on a beige background and consists of several paragraphs. The entire image has a beige border with a thin red line. The background of the illustration is a yellow sky.

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Dimensions: 590 × 900 px
Museum Record: View original

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The monkey, serving as the lion’s chamberlain, converses with the lynx and its mate who have arrived with their cubs to settle in the lion’s domain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night

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