Three Persian colourful hand painted Polo match scenes, each framed in a Persian inlaid frame, largest: 36.5 x 30.3 cm, sold together with two furthe

Three Persian colourful hand painted Polo match scenes, each framed in a Persian inlaid frame, largest: 36.5 x 30.3 cm, sold together with two further unframed examples mounted on paper, (5) The game of polo that thrived in ancient Persia declined and by the end of the 19th century it was played spasmodically by English diplomats and officers. In 1914 the rising of the South Persian Rifles, officered by British personnel, mostly from the Army in India with a few Persian Officers, began a new chapter of polo. Polo was played in Kerman, Shiraz and teheran and after WWI in Dershan Tepe Gate, Gulahak, Meshed and Abadan. By the 1930's there was a wave of anti-foreign feeling and polo was looked upon as a western institution. Army officers were forbidden to play and many were reluctant to play with the Americans and British players.