Untitled (pink, purple, blue, green and orange batik textile)
UNKNOWN: artist
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Kain sarung, skirt cloth, batik tulis, cotton. Natural dyes of typical Peranakan Chinese women in pink, baby blue, yellow, green and mauve.
Typical bukitan accompanied by butterflies and birds in various soothing pastels, which require multiple waxing and dyeing techniques. Kepala of flower spray, mainly peonies with butterflies and birds flitting around, on a mustard plain ground. The badan of more upright sprays on a grey ground. All flowers lined in white with borders of more twining flowers. From Pekalongan, Java in Indonesia.
Typical bukitan accompanied by butterflies and birds in various soothing pastels, which require multiple waxing and dyeing techniques. Kepala of flower spray, mainly peonies with butterflies and birds flitting around, on a mustard plain ground. The badan of more upright sprays on a grey ground. All flowers lined in white with borders of more twining flowers. From Pekalongan, Java in Indonesia.
Title
Untitled (pink, purple, blue, green and orange batik textile)
Artist/Maker and role
UNKNOWN: artist
Medium
vegetable dyes on cotton
Measurements
102.7 x 184 cm
Credit line
Gift of Michael Abbott, 2005
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2005/0116