The print features a depiction of the Chogan in farsi, polo game. polo game concept was originated and first played in Persia at dates given from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD. Polo has been called "the sport of kings" and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society. Polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the king’s guard or other elite troops. To the warlike tribesmen, who played it with as many as 100 to a side, it was a miniature battle.
Its current form originated in Persia as “Chovgan “ where polo became a Persian national sport played extensively by the nobility. Women as well as men played the game, as indicated by references to the queen and her ladies engaging King Khosrow II Parvīz and his courtiers in the 6th century AD. According to The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, it was a Persian ball game and an important pastime in the court of the Sasanian Empire (224–651).It was also part of the royal education for the Sasanian ruling class.