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Repenting his conduct, ‘Ubaid falls at the feet of his parents, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

A man wearing an orange robe kneels on a blue platform in the center. His head is bowed down to the ground, touching the feet of a woman seated on the platform to his right. The woman on the right wears a green shirt with a pink skirt, and a white headscarf. Another woman on the left side bends over the man, her face covered with a white scarf; she wears a green robe. Two children appear in the image. The one on the far right wears a yellow robe and stands. The one on the far left wears a red robe and also stands. The background shows a building with a blue, pink, white and yellow exterior and an archway. The image includes a border with a beige background and black writing at the bottom.

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