Altar Cloth
early 18th century (made)
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Altar cloth of painted and dyed cotton chintz. Christ or the Eternal Father is in the centre within a multifoil niche standing on rocky ground. With his right hand he is giving benediction, and in his left holds an orb with a cross. On his right is a ciborium. On either side of the main figure is a niche similar to the one in the middle, and in the spandrels are haloed cherubim. The rest of the field is filled with stylised cypress trees against a floral background. The border is a floral meander and the narrow guard borders are repeated spot motifs on a red ground. There is a blue band round three of the four edges and selvages at the top and bottom. Across the bottom runs an inscription in Armenian.
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Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton chintz |
Brief description | Altar cloth of painted and dyed cotton chintz, probably made in Coromandel Coast, early 18th century |
Physical description | Altar cloth of painted and dyed cotton chintz. Christ or the Eternal Father is in the centre within a multifoil niche standing on rocky ground. With his right hand he is giving benediction, and in his left holds an orb with a cross. On his right is a ciborium. On either side of the main figure is a niche similar to the one in the middle, and in the spandrels are haloed cherubim. The rest of the field is filled with stylised cypress trees against a floral background. The border is a floral meander and the narrow guard borders are repeated spot motifs on a red ground. There is a blue band round three of the four edges and selvages at the top and bottom. Across the bottom runs an inscription in Armenian. |
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Credit line | Given by G. P. Baker |
Production | Made for an Armenian church. |
Bibliographic reference | Vivek Gupta, ‘Splendour of the City: Nagarshobha’ in Roda Ahluwalia, ed. Reflections on Mughal Art & Culture, Niyogi Books/The K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 2021, pp. 230-253. See fig. 6, p. 237. |
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Accession number | IS.115-1950 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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