Winter 2003












TEXTILE
Roger Keverne - Textile 117

A fine kesi panel
17th century
36 3/4 x 34 3/4 in, 93.5 x 88.5 cm

depicting a lively qilin standing amid rocks and waves.
Roger Keverne - Textile 118

A fine embroidered red silk table frontal
19th century
40 1/2 x 321/2 in, 102.9 x 82.5 cm

of a caparisoned elephant worked in gold thread to imitate its wrinkled skin. It wears tasselled trappings and a howdah-cloth decorated with clouds