Mask of Vaikuntha Vishnu, late 5th century. Learn more about 5th century masks
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Sakhawat Hussain Khan (b. n.d.; d. n.d.) was an Indian textile craftsman who specialised in creating authentic Balaposh quilts. He was a descendant of Atir Khan, who began the family craft of making these quilts for the Nawabs of Bengal in the eighteenth century. Hussain Khan was the sole master craftsman of the quilt in Murshidabad, West Bengal.