A NEAR PAIR OF WOODBLOCK-PRINTED CHINTZ COTTON HANGINGS
Possibly Deccan, Central India, 19th century

The undyed cotton grounds printed and painted in blues and pinks with a central lobed niche reminiscent of architectural mihrabs, each panel containing an elaborate cypress tree stemming out of hillocky grounds, flanked by fantastical peacocks, within multiple borders, the inner borders with elongated cypresses each, the top with architectural Mughal mosque gateway motifs, the entirety profusely decorated with bold floral motifs and elegant pairs of birds, lined with joined English roller-printed cotton in red, pink, and blue with repeating large scale floral sprays stemming out of cypresses, one with a patch of later European cotton, 166cm x 111cm and 170cm x 112cm.

Provenance: previously offered at Christie's South Kensington, 14 October 2005, lot 488, and purchased privately from the vendor.

The outer border of the present lot with scrolling floral sprays presents clear analogies with a chintz border panel sold at Christie's London, 22 April 2016, lot 459, once part of the Late Dr. Mark Zebrowksi's collection.