Sainchi Phulkari From East(Punjab) India.Circa 1900.Hand Spun Cotton khaddar Cloth.Sainchi are elaborate pictorial embroideries created by women in Haryana that mirror their life and beliefs,their hopes and desires.Scenes of rural life enrich the composition.In the present lot,the central motif is of the circular lotus that symbolises Surya - the cosmic power.Four figures play the dice game Choupat,connecting it to the Mahabharata.Two long stylised trains run along the length of both edges with eleven compartments,each occupied by a standing figure.Between them are common characters from village life - a woman carrying water,a man riding a horse.Around them are figures of peacocks, a pair of lions, an elephant, a camel and a goat.It is the same colour as the smoke emitting from the fiery engines of the trains that is perhaps carrying her lover away.Both side a platforms,Peoples waiting for the train.(DSL03490).