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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A PAINTED AND BLOCK-PRINTED PICCHVAI The current work depicts the festival of Gopashtami. The
NORTH INDIA, GUJARAT vivid red background of the picchvai, the presence of the
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY anthropomorphic face above the sun, the drape of Krishna’s
Opaque pigments on textile
dhoti, and the block-printed foral motifs indicate the origin as
65½ x 53 in. (158.8 x 134.6 cm.)
Kutch, in the state of Gujarat.
$4,000-6,000
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