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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

Colorful illustration of a woman standing next to a large bird cage with a green roof and gold accents. The cage sits on a blue platform with gold accents. The woman wears an orange top, a long skirt with a white and pink pattern, and gold jewelry. She has dark hair pulled back. The background has a red brick wall at the top and a gray patterned wall at the bottom. There is a block of black text in a foreign language below the illustration. The image has a beige border.

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