The Brahman’s wife who killed a peacock and ate its gallbladder on the physician’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Nineteenth Night

The Brahman’s wife who killed a peacock and ate its gallbladder on the physician’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Nineteenth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

1555 - 1565 Painting

1962.279.140.a

Cleveland Museum of Art

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