CBSE Class 12 Painting Chand Bibi Playing Polo Worksheet

Description: In the painting ‘Chand Bibi Playing Polo’ Chand Bibi is playing polo with three other maids. All the four are sitting on horse-back. All the four horses are drawn in four different colours, i.e., red, yellow, white and blue. There is another figure on the ground, who is perhaps directing the game. Two players are trying to passes the ball with their polo sticks. All the figures are centrally located. Hoops of the horses are uplifted. Horses are properly decorated; they are shown in full dynamic movement. They are shown as stout and sturdy. The heads of all the five female figures are covered with head-dresses.The polo ground is uneven, painted in green colour and reflect vivid influence of Persian style. The costumes of the horse riders are richly decorated in bright colour in Mughal style. They are wearing multicoloured Ghagra and Choli. Rider on the white horse has bent on horses back to posses the polo ball. In the foreground, a pond with flowers and six waterbirds in semi-circle formation has been painted. The flowers are of red, blue and white colours. In the background, the sky has been painted in deep blue with a moon. There is a fort near the horizon with a moon. There is a fort near the horizon with trees in dark colour here and there.