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AN UNUSUAL KESI PANEL
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AN UNUSUAL KESI PANEL
18TH CENTURY
Depicting a white elephant with a basket of 'Precious Objects' balanced on its back, flanked by two foreigners, one teasing a Buddhistic lion at his side with the brocade ball held in his raised hand, the other figure holding a flaming pearl, all in soft shades of iron-red, blue-green and blue against a pale yellow sky, with painted details and some decoration in gold thread, some wear--28 1/2 x 19 1/2 (72.4 x 49.6cm.), framed
18TH CENTURY
Depicting a white elephant with a basket of 'Precious Objects' balanced on its back, flanked by two foreigners, one teasing a Buddhistic lion at his side with the brocade ball held in his raised hand, the other figure holding a flaming pearl, all in soft shades of iron-red, blue-green and blue against a pale yellow sky, with painted details and some decoration in gold thread, some wear--28 1/2 x 19 1/2 (72.4 x 49.6cm.), framed