A QAJAR PORTRAIT OF A PRINCE AND HIS HAWK, IRAN, SIGNED, MID-19TH CENTURY

A QAJAR PORTRAIT OF A PRINCE AND HIS HAWK, IRAN, SIGNED, MID-19TH CENTURY
Oil on canvas, the prince shown wearing a pearl and jewel encrusted crimson robe with elaborate crown, offering an apple to the hawk perched on his begloved right hand, signed to right of hawk's emerald necklace, framed - painting 13 3/4 x 18 1/4in (35 x 46.5cm)