The prince, once reprieved, is returned to the palace of execution a second time on the plea of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The image shows an illustration with two distinct scenes separated by a decorative border. The top scene depicts a man sitting on a platform under a domed structure. The man wears orange and sits cross-legged. A green-clad figure stands behind him, holding a weapon. To the left, a woman in a blue top and orange pants gestures towards a man in yellow who also gestures. The bottom scene shows four men, three of them dressed in turbans and various colored clothing, including orange, blue, and yellow. One of the men is partially nude. The background of this scene is blue with gold dots. The lower part of the image features black text written in a foreign script, likely Arabic. The entire image has a beige background with dark spots and borders.
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