Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009846The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
by Lalu
Also known as: Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Ninth night: The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria
About the Artwork
A wise, green parrot perches on the hand of the king of Syria. Clutched in his beak is a small orange fruit that he plucked from a tree in the netherworld and brought back as a reward for many years of the king’s kindness. Despite being offered eternal life, the king is hesitant to eat the fruit.
Inscriptions
lālū
Provenance
?–1959: Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD 1959–1962?: (Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA) 1959?–1962: (Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry) 1962–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Lalu (Indian, active mid-1500s)
- Date
- c. 1560
- Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 7.6 x 10.2 cm (3 x 4 in.); Overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Accession no.
- 1962.279.75.b
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