The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from him on account of his purchasing a bowl and a staff from a yogi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night

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Indian; Asian

Date

Creation: c. 1560

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art Object Description

The sleeping king lies sprawled across a bed with the bowl and staff at his side. These inauspicious purchases represent his impending loss of wealth. He allows the woman to leave and, upon waking, finds that all of his possessions have disappeared.

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The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from him on account of his purchasing a bowl and a staff from a yogi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night

Creator

Worktype

Painting

Cultural Context

Indian; Asian

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Material

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 10.1 x 10.2 cm (4 x 4 in.);
height: 0.203metre;
width: 0.14metre

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Date

Creation: c. 1560

Provenance

Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD, ?–1959; (Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA), 1959–1962?; (Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry), 1959?–1962; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1962–; Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

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CC0

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from him on account of his purchasing a bowl and a staff from a yogi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night, c. 1560, Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0. The sleeping king lies sprawled across a bed with the bowl and staff at his side. These inauspicious purchases represent his impending loss of wealth. He...

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