The astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince in his thirteenth year, but one which he would be able to overcome, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

A man wearing a white cloth wrapped around his waist and a necklace sits on a throne-like chair. The chair has a high back decorated with blue, red, and yellow. He has his left arm extended across the arm of the chair and rests his right forearm on his right thigh. He looks to the left. His right knee is raised and his left leg is bent with his foot flat on the seat. A man wearing a blue garment stands to the right of the throne, looking at the seated man and gesturing with his right arm raised, palm up. To the left, a man sits at a low table holding a sheet of paper. He wears a yellow long-sleeved tunic with red trim and a white head covering. To his right is a woman wearing a red and blue garment and a head covering. She plays a stringed instrument. The woman on the left wears a pink top and orange bottom. She plays a stringed instrument. A dog sits under the table. The background of the painting behind the seated man is red with a column on the left. A curtain is behind the column. The rest of the background is green. The painting is on a page with Arabic writing. The page has a yellowed parchment color and borders. The top half of the page is Arabic writing on parchment. There are stains on the parchment.

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Dimensions: 564 × 893 px
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The astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince in his thirteenth year, but one which he would be able to overcome, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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