Gouache and ink on paper, this teardrop-shaped medallion borrows from 16th-century Safavid illumination. A black ground sets off swirling Chinese-style cloud bands (qabqalı) and curling vine scrolls, while a single yellow sparrow wheels across the centre. Layered blues shape the lobed border, echoing the turquoise glaze of Iznik tiles, and a fine white fret encircles the scene like an inlaid rim. The piece pairs a lively Persian bird motif with the East-Asian cloud forms that swept through Iranian art after the Timurid era.