On the Qeysarie Gate of Isfahan Bazaar, in the Naqsh-e Jahan Square, an image of a horse archer, formed as half human and half horse is patterned, on a mosaic tile in which the horseman with a bow in hand and arrow aims at his own tail which is a dragon with a fiery breath. This picture is the astrological omen of Isfahan related to 941, when the moon was placed in Sagittarius.
At the time, the city of Isfahan expanded over 21 thousand paces in comparison to its former size. Also, this image probably shows the ritual confrontation of the moon and the Sun. The archer horseman is a symbol of the moon and he is fighting against the fire of his tail -a symbol of Sun- in order to banish and destroy it. The Shah’s Bazaar and the Qeysarie Gate are located in the Northern side of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square and the opposite side of the Abbasi Jameh Mosque.
In the Safavid era, a wide stone bench made of jade and crushed stones was assembled on its sides and jewelers and goldsmiths would spread their layouts on them and sell all kinds of jewellery, gold and rare coins. In the front facade and sides of this gate, there were detailed paintings of the battle of Shah Abbas and Uzbeks. These paintings lost their colour during the time and are almost faded. On one facade, there have been pictures of European men and women which have completely faded away. On the left facade of the gate, there is a scene of public hunt of Shah Abbas in his youth, riding a grey horse and wearing red clothing.
