A noble hawking, watercolour on paper, the man wears turban, green scarf, blue tunic and red trousers, in his left hand he hold a dagger and in his right hand a hawk, a tree behind, mounted on 17th century leaf painted with scrolling vine in gold around coloured cartouches, verso with 14ll. of black nasta'liq in two columns, border as recto, (small patches of wear and rubbing), Persia, indistinct signature attributed to Najaf - 10½ x 6¾in. (26.6 x 17.2cm.)