A seated courtier with his pet falcon.
ca. 1600.
Afghanistan
378 x 241 mm
MS M.386.1r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
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Ms. illuminated in Herāt, Afghanistan, ca. 1600.
The surround contains cuttings from a manuscript qasida by ʻUrfī in "-am rā".
Artist: possibly by Ḥabīb-Allāh al-Mashhadī (fl. 1595-1610).
Miniature measures 163 x 78 mm.