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.