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8122 Property Formerly in the Collection of Konrad and Clara Mauerer
A wool pile throne back
19th century 8123Y
Constructed with three five-clawed dragons in shades of blue, beige and A fur lining for a court robe
brown above a lishui border and surrounded by a band of scrolls and Late Qing dynasty
auspicious emblems set against a dark yellow ground of the scalloped Sewn together from numerous chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla) pelts, the
throne back, the square seat centered with a rosette of flower heads proportions mimicking those of a court robe with narrow sleeves, the
and leaf scrolls that also fill the corner worked in shades of blue and rust name “Fan Tonggui” written several times in red ink.
against a dark yellow ground and repeat in the border band combined 52in (132cm) long
with beige against a russet ground. $2,000 - 3,000
52 x 26in (132 66cm) overall
$2,500 - 4,000 The chinchilla (龍貓) is native to the Andes mountains in South
America. The fact that it was used to line a court robe during the
Other examples are published in Chinese Carpets by Charles I. Rostov, Qing dynasty is a testament to extensive fur trade that included the
Jia Guanyan, Li Linpan & Zhang H. Z. (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, encircled the Pacific rim, from Northwestern North America to the
1983), p. 126, pl. 76 and p.190, pls. 120 and 121. West Coast of South America.
Provenance:
Acquired in China before 1939 and thence by descent
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