TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
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ARDASHIR RECOGNISES HIS SON SHAPUR AFTER WATCHING HIM PLAY POLO
TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
From the Shahnama of Firdawsi, gouache on paper heightened with gold, the scene depicting Ardashir and Shapur embracing at the center of the polo ground, a horse held by an attendant at the back, the scene watched by four dismounted polo players, further distracted watchers on the back ground, within a text panel arranged in four columns with intercolumnar divisions, between gold and black borders, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 9¾ x 5¾in. (23 x 14.5cm.)
TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
From the Shahnama of Firdawsi, gouache on paper heightened with gold, the scene depicting Ardashir and Shapur embracing at the center of the polo ground, a horse held by an attendant at the back, the scene watched by four dismounted polo players, further distracted watchers on the back ground, within a text panel arranged in four columns with intercolumnar divisions, between gold and black borders, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 9¾ x 5¾in. (23 x 14.5cm.)
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榮譽呈獻
William Robinson