Title

Siyavush Plays Polo before Afrasiyab, Folio 180v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525-30.

Caption

Siyavush Plays Polo before Afrasiyab, Folio 180v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings..., c1525-30. Creator: Qasim ibn 'Ali.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A68_254

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49,2Mb (9,8Mb) / 11,5in x 16,5in / 3464 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal people male sport man men animals horses horse arts painting country metal writing pattern monarch book guy museum color king pony ponies decorative royal gold location century ink literature Iran Iranian royalty miniature script polo polo Player polo Players Colour Patterned The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art polo mallet poem poetry Persian Persia polo pony gold leaf 16th century sixteenth century Book of Kings Shahnama Shahnameh Shah-nameh sovereign TGN Turanian polo match watercolour manuscript Farsi Ferdowsi Firdawsi Abu Ol-qasem Mansur Firdausi Firdaws¯i His Majesty Heritage Art Nasta'liq Nastaliq epic poem (Abu Ol-qasem Mansur) (Firdausi) Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Qasim ibn 'Ali 'Ali Qasim ibn Tahmasp Shah of Persia Tahmasp I Mir Musavvir Musavvir Mir