[KS] Korean textiles?--Thank you

[James B. Lewis]

Dear All,

With Minh Chung, one of Bodley's Librarians and our Korean Librarian and 
the person who found a few mysterious textiles in the Ashmolean Museum 
collection, I want to thank everyone who was kind enough to send 
comments and ask colleagues about these textiles. We have been quite 
overwhelmed by the number of responses and humbled by the time that many 
people generously spent to help us. The consensus that emerged is that 
the blue textile is definitely Chinese, probably Qing Chinese, because 
the threads are straight and the blue colour is rarely seen in Korean 
textiles. Comments on the other two textiles with the procession and the 
multiple and varied motifs have been mixed, with many good points 
raised. We know that it is very difficult to comment with precision with 
just a few photographs, and we are indeed very thankful for all the 
points you have raised. Thank you again.

Sincerely yours,

Jay Lewis

-- 
Dr. James B. Lewis
Associate Professor of Korean History, Fellow of Wolfson College
Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/people.james-b-lewis