The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper