'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