An armed nobleman, the reverse with calligraphy, Persia, Safavid, 17th century

gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, the reverse with a Persian quatrain in nasta’liq script within cloud bands against gold ground filled with scrolling flowers, framed

In reasonably good condition, smudges and losses to the paint, tears and flaking, restorations, as viewed.
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The reverse with a quatrain of Abu Sa’id Abi’l-Khayr and a couplet from a ghazal of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi.