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National Museum, Delhi Chand Bibi Playing Polo (1700 AD - 1750 AD)Details Unknown (detail)



National Museum, Delhi Chand Bibi Playing Polo (1700 AD - 1750 AD)Details Unknown (detail)
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anonyme - Chand Bibi Playing Polo (detail) (1700)
In this miniature, five princesses are shown playing polo against a dark green background. The princesses are mounted on beautifully decorated stallions of white, blue, dark brown and pale yellow colours. The colourful costumes and bejeweled head dresses of the princesses are painted with the utmost delicacy. The picture is a very good example of the early-18th century Golkonda style. In the foreground is a silvery-grey lotus lake with aquatic birds and in the background is the receding plains depicting rocks, huts and trees.