A palampore
printed and painted with a tree on a rocky mound, the branches filling the field with flowers and foliage, 1770s, South India, for export --84 x 116cm (202cm x 278cm)
See Colour Illustration
Literature
Lot Essay
Cf Plate 15, Indian Painted and Printed Fabrics, by John Irwin and Margaret Hall, for a palampore of same design (mirror image) by a different hand