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"Siyavush Plays Polo before Afrasiyab", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  (935–1020)

Artist:
Painting attributed to Qasim ibn 'Ali (active ca. 1525–60)
Workshop director:
Mir Musavvir (active 1525–60)
Object Name:
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Reign:
Shah Tahmasp (1524–76)
Date:
ca. 1525–30
Geography:
Iran, Tabriz
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
Painting: H. 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm) W. 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm) W. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm)
Classification:
Codices
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Accession Number:
1970.301.26

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  • Description

    The Turanian king Afrasiyab suggested a game of polo and Siyavush accepted, requesting, however, that he be allowed Iranian players for his team, as Turanians would not play their hardest against their own king. Afrasiyab agreed and was wonderfully impressed with the outstanding skill of Siyavush as a player and horseman. Like the other Iranians, Siyavush wears a tall baton, or taj, in his turban. He is the player on the black horse in the center of the field; Afrasiyab, mounted, watches from the horizon.

  • Provenance

    Shah Tahmasp, Iran (until 1568); Sultan Selim II, Istanbul (from 1568); Sultan Selim III, Istanbul (by 1800); Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Paris (by 1903–d. 1934); his son, Baron Maurice de Rothschild, Paris and Pregny, near Geneva (by 1955–d. 1957); [ Stiebel Ltd., New York, until 1959; sold to Houghton]; Arthur A. Houghton Jr., New York (1959–70)

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