1661 Vintage Batik Textile with Patola Motif

A fine Batik textile with Patola motif.

Finding a patola motif rendered in the Batik craft is highly unusual.

Created using stamps (cap or chap)

Three vibrant colors used to create a superb impact!

Appears to be double-sided.

Estimated to be from the 1970s

129cm x 34cm

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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