A CHINTZ PANEL OR HANGING
INDIA, PROBABLY MACHILIPATNAM, CIRCA 1850
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
the rectangular cream cotton ground, painted with a mihrab arch with a pair of peacocks at the bottom and a ground of floral motifs, with a band of repeat smaller arches with pairs of birds and floral motifs around the arch, the lower part with a wide band of meandering floral palmettes, backed
Dimensions
123cm x 194cm; with panel 142cm x 214cm
Provenance
Private UK collection.
Footnote
For another painted panel with similar decoration in the Victoria and Albert Museum attributed to Machilipatnam, see IS.1-1890.