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The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

Colorful illustration depicting a scene with three people. The woman on the left wears an orange and yellow dress with a head covering and sits on a low platform. She faces a man in an orange tunic and white head covering, who sits cross-legged on the same platform. He looks at a third man sitting on the floor to their right, wearing a green robe and white head covering. The background features a red wall with a green roofed structure and Arabic script at the top and bottom. The floor has a yellow and blue hexagonal pattern.

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585 × 900 px
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