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An Indo-portuguese Coverlet or Wall Hanging
290.0 × 215.0 cm
description
Exhib.: “Presenca Portuguesa na Asia”, Museu do Oriente, Lisbon 2008 – 21
Bengal woven and embroidered coverlet or wall hanging made for the Portuguese market. This coverlet alludes to illustration patterns of Islamic books, with scenes and compositions that convey paintings from Mughal albums, such as the dense hunting scenes and the conceptualisation of paradise. But the carefully depicted motifs of the pelican in its piety, rampant lions and musical instruments, were extracted from European printed models.
This Indian textile artwork assumes the foremost relevance within Indo-Portuguese decorative arts, both for its excellent preservation as well as for its specific characteristics that fuse Indian to Western elements, from which stand out those allusive to Christianity. A comparable example is preserved at MNAA (Inv. nº 112 Tc.).
Bengal woven and embroidered coverlet or wall hanging made for the Portuguese market. This coverlet alludes to illustration patterns of Islamic books, with scenes and compositions that convey paintings from Mughal albums, such as the dense hunting scenes and the conceptualisation of paradise. But the carefully depicted motifs of the pelican in its piety, rampant lions and musical instruments, were extracted from European printed models.
This Indian textile artwork assumes the foremost relevance within Indo-Portuguese decorative arts, both for its excellent preservation as well as for its specific characteristics that fuse Indian to Western elements, from which stand out those allusive to Christianity. A comparable example is preserved at MNAA (Inv. nº 112 Tc.).
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