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Description: | ساز طرب عشق که داند که چه ساز است؟ کز زخمهٔ آن نه فلک اندر تک و تاز است
Miniature painting in colour with Persian text, showing a prince playing polo. The prince is on the left hand side of the painting, mounted on a white horse; he wears gold-coloured robes and a blue tufted hat with gold border, and holds his mallet aloft. He is preceded on foot by a musician carrying a stringed instrument. A bearded man is depicted above him, standing and wearing a red robe and black coat with a white turban wrapped around a red hat; another standing polo player is depicted to the right, dressed in a red jacket with blue and gold sleeves, waving his mallet. Two pairs of goal markers are also shown. In the background is a lake and a tree. Above and below the scene are inscriptions. From a manuscript book of tales. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | paper Fakhruddin glass pigment Iraqi | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-53923 |
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