Description
This illustration from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts the story told to Bahram Gur by the princess of the white pavilion. It is a tale of a king on a quest for a sincere woman to marry. He is given a talisman to help him in his search. The talisman laughs whenever a woman is insincere. In this image, the gold statue laughs as a woman pretends to faint. Below the image is inscribed 'amal-i (work of) Surdas Gujarati.
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