Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
20 × 13.6 cm · painting only: 4.1 × 9.9 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Accession Number
1962.279.59.a
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Two white birds wade at the edges of a dark colored lotus pool surrounded by lush green trees. Though the artist is from the western Indian state of Gujarat, many elements reveal a familiarity with Persian painting conventions, such as the arid pink ground with tufts of grass, the overlapping leaves of the trees, and the grassy sward. The water was once silver, which has now tarnished black, and white lines render swirling eddies.