Ceremonial Cloth
​with a scene from the Ramayana

Ceremonial cloth with a scene from the Ramayana

Coromandel Coast, for the Indonesian market; late 18th century.

Painted and mordant-dyed. Cotton.

​TAPI Collection of Praful and Shilpa Shah, Surat.

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From the exhibition, India and the World: A History in the Nine Stories, held at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vatsu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, from November 11, 2017 to February 18, 2018