Antique Bengali hand embroidered Nakshi Kantha textile featuring three borders, one with leaves and an embroidered scene of a wedding procession with musicians and a floating yogi on a hand quilted off-white cotton

Antique Nakshi Kantha - 1'2 x 1'7

Regular price $650.00 Sale

This Nakshi Kantha was crafted in Bengal during the early 20th century.

Kantha is a Bengali folk tradition of embroidering textiles using recycled cloth. This Kantha depicts the Hindu Rath Yatra or Chariot festival. It features a chariot with three deities making a pilgrimage to Jagannath temple. Also featured are Krishna and Balram and other embellishments like two lotus flowers and a bird. The border is rendered with a colorful leaf-like motif. It has been cut directly from an old sari and attached.

Very Good, The border has been taken directly from an old sari and attached around the perimeter

 

Size: 1'2" x 1'7" [36cm x 48cm]

Age: Q1 20th Century

Country of Origin: Bengal

Type of Textile: Nakshi Kantha

Material: Cotton

Condition: Very Good, The border has been taken directly from an old sari and attached around the perimeter

 

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