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Sample of cotton batik with design of light neutral orange ground with irregular spots of dark neutral orange closely covered with a design of fine interlacing lines printed in black.
Provenance
Purchased through Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy for the MFA from the private collection of the Javanese prince Ario Kusumodiningrat, an elder brother of the then reigning sultan in Surakarta (Solo); April 7, 1921
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Indonesian (Javanese), Dutch colonial rule, late 19th century
Place of Creation
Surakarta, Java, central, Indonesia
Dimensions
Height x width: 9 3/4 x 14 in. (24.8 x 35.6 cm)
Accession Number
21.579
Medium or Technique
Cotton, natural dyes; plain weave, hand-drawn (tulis) wax-resist (batik)