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The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman in a red and white dress with gold jewelry and a woman in a blue dress with gold jewelry stand on the left. A light-brown dog stands in the center. Three men stand on the right; from left to right: a man in a blue and red outfit holds a curved sword; a man in a yellow and green outfit holds a staff with a curved end; a man in an orange and blue outfit holds a round shield. A jungle scene with banana trees and white birds fills the background. Text in black calligraphy fills the top section.

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