Cleveland Museum of Art

The merchant’s daughter gives birth to a son as a result of eating out of the box. The clever child recognizes the false gems from true, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night

Unrecorded artist

c. 1560

Attribution

Not recorded by the source.

Medium

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Physical dimensions

Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 7.8 x 10.1 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.)

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry