The young prince is presented to the king, his father, by his teacher, but refuses to speak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Colorful illustration of a scene with five men. A man in an orange robe sits on a patterned rug on a raised platform. He has a green turban on his head. A man on the left wearing gray gestures toward him with a curved object. A man on the right wearing red stands with a long stick. Two men sitting on the right; one in yellow on the right and one in blue on the left. There are three trees, two slender and one with white flowers. The background shows a blue sky with white clouds and a shelf with three white bottles. Above the scene, there are several lines of black text on a beige background.
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