AN INDO-PERSIAN KALAMKARI PRAYER NICHE
India for the Persian market, late 19th century

The fine white cotton ground printed and painted in indigo, madder red, and ochre, with a floral Mughal arch within a stylised Mughal mosque façade, in-filled with cypresses, carnations, and hibiscus, the cartouche above the arch with a prayer in praise of God, lined with chequered red and white cotton, edged with bias-cut striped cotton, 120cm x 89cm.