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A DOUBLE-SIDED ILLUSTRATION FROM THE "CHESTER BEATTY TUTINAMA" (THE TALES OF A PARROT): THE PARROT ADDRESSES KHUJASTA
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- A DOUBLE-SIDED ILLUSTRATION FROM THE "CHESTER BEATTY TUTINAMA" (THE TALES OF A PARROT): THE PARROT ADDRESSES KHUJASTA
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- image: 7 1/2 by 3 3/8 in. (19.1 by 8.6 cm);
- folio: 10 by 6 1/2 in. (25.4 by 16.5 cm) unframed
Condition
Very good overall condition, with a tiny pinhole in the upper left edge of the architectural framework and a hairline tear on the extreme right middle edge of the folio border. The background color is beige, not yellow as appears in catalog illustration. Exhibited in a temporary frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The Tutinama or Tales of the Parrot is a collection of moralizing fables compiled by Ziya'u'd-din Nakshahbi in Persia in the Fourteenth Century. Illustrated manuscripts were twice produced for the Emperor Akbar. This folio is from the second, more refined version of this now dispersed manuscript, the majority of whose leaves are in the Collection of the Chester Beatty Library and our version has come to be named after it. An earlier version in a notably earlier simpler and direct style circa 1560-65 known as the "Cleveland Tutinama" with most of its folios being in the Cleveland Museum of Art, are among the earliest extant works produced by Akbar's atelier and remain one of the most important transitional examples of early Akbari Mughal painting.
For a discussion of the Cleveland Tutinama see S.E. Lee and P. Chandra, A Newly Discovered Tutinama and the Continuity of the Indian tradition of Manuscript Painting, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963.