The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while the deer, its companion flees to safety, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night

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

The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while the deer, its companion flees to safety, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata

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