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 collects ions and museums worldwide such as The National Museum New Delhi, The Museum of Replica Handbags s 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.