A noble and attendants, gouache heightened with gold on paper, in a pavillion, the noble sits eating betel while a woman plays a stringed instrument and another shades him, Rajestham, 19th century, verso with lines of bold nasta'liq calligraphy in gold-outlined clouds, illuminated panels between couplets, signed by;'Imad al-Katib, 17th/18th century, mounted as an album leaf on gold-sprinkled card - leaf 16 x 11in. (40.7 x 28cm.)