The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The image depicts a colorful illustration with accompanying text. The scene shows two people sitting on a patterned rug on a raised platform. The woman on the left wears a green top and pink skirt, with her right hand raised. The man on the right wears an orange robe and sits cross-legged. In front of them, fragments of a broken pot and bowl lie on the floor along with a dead bird. The room's lower wall features blue and white tiles, while the upper wall is pink with a window on the left and an opening on the right. The text above and below the image is written in black ink on aged paper. The overall scene appears to represent a story.
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