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The crow addresses the animals, an illustration to an animal fable, around 1600. A throng of creatures from earth, sea and air gathers around the crow, perched on the peak of a rock. Animal fables were a traditional entertainment to teach the princes the elements of wise statecraft. The Moghul emperor Akbar was particularly fond of them and ordered an illustrated copy of one such collection called Anvar-i-Suhalyi", Lights of Canopus.
OA 1920.9-17.05
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART201234
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3610px × 4832px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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16th century CE
Crow, Bird
Illuminated Manuscript
Islam
Mughal dynasty (14th-17th CE)
Simurgh, Fabulous Bird