The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
The image features a painting with intricate details. In the upper-left corner, a woman sits on a balcony wearing a blue skirt and a brown top, with her hand by her face. Below her, on a lower balcony, are two women sitting together; the woman on the left wears white and the woman on the right wears orange. On the right side of the painting, a peacock perches on a tree while a peahen stands below. The peahen seems to be standing on or near flames that appear to be engulfing something. A body of water is visible at the base of the tree. The painting is framed by a border and features writing in a language that appears to be Arabic script at the top. The image has a beige background with aged paper-like texture.
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- 580 × 900 px
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