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A DOUBLE-SIDED ILLUSTRATION FROM THE "CHESTER BEATTY TUTINAMEH" (THE TALES OF A PARROT): A SNAKE ENCOUNTERS A FROG
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- A DOUBLE-SIDED ILLUSTRATION FROM THE "CHESTER BEATTY TUTINAMEH" (THE TALES OF A PARROT): A SNAKE ENCOUNTERS A FROG
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- image: 6 by 3 3/8 in. (15.2 by 8.6 cm);
- folio: 10 by 6 1/2 in. (25.4 by 16.5 cm) unframed
Catalogue Note
Leaves from this important dispersed series are in private collections and museums worldwide such as The National Museum New Delhi, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Los Angeles County Museum and numerous others.
As reference for both versions see Indian Painting 1525-1825, David Carritt Ltd., London, 1982, pp. 18-20 3 a /b; Milo Cleveland Beach, Early Mughal Painting, Harvard, 1987; P.Chandra and D. Ehnbom, The Cleveland Tutinama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting, Cleveland, 1976 and S. C. Welch, The Art of Mughal India, New York, 1963, no. 3 a-d.