'A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother', Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98, Attributed to India, Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold on paper, H. 9 3/4 in. .(24.8 cm), Codices, Painting attributed to Miskin (active ca. 1570–1604), In this dramatic painting, a king submits to justice after having accidentally killed a shepherd while hunting. He offers the boy's grieving mother a choice: to take his sword and cut off his head, which will fall in the golden dish between them, or to accept the second dish filled with gold
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King Offers, Amends, Bereaved Mother, Folio, Khamsa, Quintet, Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98, Attributed, India, Main support, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, H, 9 3/4, 24.8 cm, Codices, Painting attributed to Miskin, active ca., 1570–1604, dramatic painting, king submits, justice, having accidentally killed, shepherd, hunting, offers, boy, grieving mother, choice, take, sword, cut off, head, will fall, golden dish, accept, second, filled
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