A TIMURID MINIATURE OF A MAN BEING BEHEADED BEFORE A RULER, IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
A TIMURID MINIATURE OF A MAN BEING BEHEADED BEFORE A RULER, IRAN, 15TH CENTURY

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A TIMURID MINIATURE OF A MAN BEING BEHEADED BEFORE A RULER, IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Gouache on paper heightened with gilt, the ruler seated enthroned to right, to left a man with sword and before him the condemned kneeling his hands bound behind his back, five lines of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns above and two columns below - 8 1/2 x 5 3/4in (21.5 x 14.5cm)

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