The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560

The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata

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