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BAGH WITH ANIMALS AND SHEPHERD

PUNJAB
CIRCA 1930
Handspun and handwoven cotton, embroidered with untwisted silk thread, natural dyes
57.5 x 106 in (146.4 x 269.5 cm)

PROVENANCE:
From a Distinguished Family Collection, New Delhi

"Textile symbolism in India is hallowed by tradition. In the Rig Veda and the Upanishads, the universe is envisioned as a fabric woven by the gods. The cosmos, the ordered universe, is one continuous fabric with its warp and woof making a grid pattern."
-STELLA KRAMRISCH







  Lot 43 of 68  

LIVING TRADITIONS: FOLK AND TRIBAL ART
19-20 APRIL 2017

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