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Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a colorful illustration of a scene from a story. The top portion features black text written in a foreign language on a beige background with a thin red and yellow border. The bottom portion shows a vibrant scene with a red and pink structure in the center, featuring three archways. Inside the structure, a man in blue sits on the floor, and two people sit on a platform: a man in orange and a woman in yellow. A woman in orange stands beside them. Outside the structure, six people are present: one stands on the left, and five others are positioned in front and to the right, including one with a drum. A gray horse is partially visible on the right side. The background of the scene includes green grass.

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