Lovely Persian Hand Painted Suratgari Polo Match Scene on Bone in Khatam Frame

Description

The scene depicts two handsome young soldiers or princes playing polo.  The man at right has overshot the ball as his horse rears up and he reaches back with his mallet held high in his left hand.  The men's brocade upper garments, turbans, and boots are highlighted with gold colored paint.
There appears to be a signature at the bottom right corner above the shrubbery, but I can't be certain.
Frame is 4 in. by 6 in.  Painting is 1 1/2 by 3 3/8 in.  Mounted on green velvet.
Khatam is an old Persian inlay technique. It is a version of marquetry where the design is made by decorating the surface of wooden articles with delicate pieces of wood, bone, and metal to make intricate geometric patterns.
Mounted nomads in Central Asia played a version of polo that was part sport and part training for war, with as many as 100 men on a side. The game followed the nomads’ migration to Persia (modern Iran) some time between 600 B.C. and 100 A.D.
In Persia, polo became a national sport, played by the nobility and military men. The game was formalized and spread west to Constantinople, east to Tibet, China and Japan, and south to India.