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PUNJAB
CIRCA 1930
Handspun and handwoven cotton, hand embroidered with untwisted silk thread, natural dyes
54.5 x 94.5 in (138.7 x 240.5 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




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  Lot 42 of 68  

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

Estimate
Rs 3,00,000 - 4,00,000
$4,690 - 6,250

RESERVE NOT MET













 



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