

Ceremonial Textile Decorated with Female Courtesans with Attendants and Parrots
Long rectangular textile with short red ends. The main body of the textile is dark blue with gold design. The design features repeating pattern of figures. The figures are women with attendants and parrots. The women are depicted in various scenes and poses. The scenes alternate between different arrangements of the women and their attendants and parrots. Narrow decorative border on long sides, featuring geometric shapes and lines, mostly in shades of red, white, and gold. The textile background in the image is gray.
Artwork Details
- Date
- late 14th–early 15th century
- Medium
- Plain-weave cotton block print (mordant- and painted resist-dyed)
- Culture
- India (Gujarat)
- Dimensions
- 599 × 136 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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