2030 Pair Antique Indian Trade Textile Patola Print Toraja Fragment - Indigo
Pair of fantastic little fragment of an Indian Trade textile with several colors
Thick coarse cloth.
The print we see is very similar to the prints we see on the skirts of the musicians on the long ceremonial Wayang textiles of Toraja
One fragment has a border and the other does not. Will look superb framed together.
Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi.
This fragment has been saved from a fire - therefore has burn marks present. Holes and stains. Edges not even. Faded from use in ceremonies.
Each fragment is 22 cm x 29 cm
For similar examples, see the Ashmolean Museum collection: Link
Comparison with other similar examples suggests that this is a few centuries old.
[Similar examples have been dated to be from the 13th - 18th century]
This is a rare opportunity to own something as rare and as old as this fantastic little work of art that had traveled from India to Toraja sometime in it's past and then has back to Singapore.
VERY RARE
Such pieces can be found only in museums.
Frame it and add it to your home-museum collection.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily must be expected on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run, repairs and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.
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