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The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

A colorful illustration of a scene with four people standing in front of a building with a doorway; one man in a pink shirt gestures toward the doorway. Two women and a man stand to the right. A second story of the building shows two men looking down. Text is written in black ink at the top.

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601 × 900 px
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