COROMANDEL COAST, SOUTH INDIA, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE CHINTZ PALAMPORE
COROMANDEL COAST, SOUTH INDIA, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Painted and dyed cotton chintz, the decoration consisting of a central tree rising from a mound framed with an elegant scroll bearing exotic floral blooms, the borders with foliated tendrils, on cream ground
122 x 86in. (310 x 218.5cm.)
Lot Essay
A related palampore, dated to 1750 to 1775 is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (IS. 30-1966).
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