A hand-embroidered silk shawl with peacock and roses design. Hong Kong, 1958.

Dimensions: 40 x 92 cm; embroidered lettering in yellow above and below the central peacock motif reads: ‘To Mum and Dad from Bob / Hong Kong 1957-58’; very good condition.

Provenance: commissioned by Robert Hayes, a British soldier stationed in Hong Kong, as a souvenir for his parents; thence by descent to the previous owner.