AN ALBUM PAGE THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN MUHAMMAD NUR, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY, THE PAINTING 17TH CENTURY AN ALBUM PAGE THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN MUHAMMAD NUR, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY, THE PAINTING 17TH CENTURY AN ALBUM PAGE THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN MUHAMMAD NUR, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY, THE PAINTING 17TH CENTURY

AN ALBUM PAGE THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN MUHAMMAD NUR, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY, THE PAINTING 17TH CENTURY

Reference: ART4001044

Portrait of a court falconer holding a falcon upon his wrist. Falconer, dressed in long top and pants, wears a series of sashes tied around his waist, from which a long daggar and purse hang background. Painted in gouache and gilded on paper. The verso with eight lines of gold nastaliq on paper comprised of a poem written diagonally by the calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Nur uses religious imagery to describe the beauty of the beloved. Signed Sultan Muhammad Nur. Page: 15.5 by 8.5 cm.