AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT FOLIO: POLO PLAYERS
Iran, late 18th -19th century

AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT FOLIO: POLO PLAYERS
PROPERTY FROM THE DEXTER COLLECTION
Iran, late 18th -19th century

Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a polo scene of six riders observed by a king riding a piebald horse attended by a courtier holding a parasol, against a hillocky ground and gold sky, laid on card, in later red and gold rules, backed by later printed paper in Persian,14cm x 10cm, 33.5cm x 21cm including the mount.

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Dimensions: 14cm x 10cm, 33.5cm x 21cm including the mount