823 SOLD Vintage Phulkari Bagh with rare Char Bagh Pattern

Sold to a discerning Antique Art-Lover

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Beautiful antique Phulkari depicting the paradisical enclosed garden of 4 quadrants promised to the righteous and used as the basis for the landscapes of several mughal gardens in Northern India.

The vibrant magenta silk floss creates a powerful border around each of the quadrants!

Deep Maroon base of coarse handspun hand woven cotton

Has a tinsel piece attached as a Nazar Butti

Age unknown but estimated to be 50-60 years old

Punjab, Undivided India

132 X 243cm

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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 may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run 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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