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
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.161.b
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