The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
c. 1560
Basavana
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night, c. 1560. Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20 x 14.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.); painting only: 10.2 x 10.7 cm (4 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.36.b This leper king ruled a territory that stretched from Bhutan to Assam and Bengal.
- Maker/Artist
- Basavana
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 20 x 14.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.); Painting only: 10.2 x 10.7 cm (4 x 4 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 'amal basāwan Translation: the work of Basavana
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1962.279.36.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- The Adventures of Hamza, Art and Stories from Mughal India, Arthur M.Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (6/21/2002 - 9/9/2002); The Brooklyn Museum of Art (11/1/2002 - 1/26/2003): "The Adventures of Hamza", exh. cat. no. 11, pp. 68-69.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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