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TEXTILES
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A PACIFIC
NORTHWEST COLLECTOR
2357
A GROUP OF TEXTILES 2360
The first an 18th/19th century cut and uncut blue silk velvet panel AN EMBROIDERED BLUE SATIN DRAGON ROBE FOR A
constructed with two sections joined at the center, finely woven YOUNG PRINCE
with dragon roundels surrounded by lingzhi head-formed lozenge Qing dynasty, 19thy century
patterns between borders of flower vases and auspicious emblems; Lavishly embroidered in couched gold thread with some details in
the second a brocade panel woven in gold and various blue shades green, black and white silk floss, depicting eight dragons pursuing
with dragons and cloud scrolls; the third an eighth civil rank badge flaming pearls amongst cloud scrolls and the Buddhist Emblems
for the back of a robe from the late Qing dynasty, embroidered in above terrestrial diagrams emerging from billowing waves and a linshui
couched gold and silver threads depicting a quail facing the sun; border separated by ruyi-shaped clouds, the collar band and horse-
together with a small silk kesi panel woven with immortal figures with hoof cuffs similarly decorated on a black ground, with pleated sleeve
painted details. [4] extensions (lacking lining, wear, loose threads).
27 x 86in (68.6 x 218.4cm) dimensions of brocade panel 40in (101.6cm) long, 66in (167.7cm) wide
$1,000 - 1,500 $2,000 - 3,000
2358 Provenance
A DARK BLUE GROUND SILK BROCADE DRAGON ROBE received as a wedding gift in 1940 by the previous owner
18th/19th century
The dynamic four-clawed dragons woven in gold-hued brown, Compare embroidered child’s dragon robes decorated with eight
yellow and silver color, each pursuing a flaming jewel, surrounded dragons, illustrated in Chinese Dress from the Qing Dynasty to the
by auspicious bats in flight amongst polychrome clouds, all above Present, Valery Garrett, Tuttle Publishing, pp. 55-59, fig. 94, 95,
a linshui border and roaming waves tossing flower blossoms and 96, and 97.
lingzhi fungus, with additional bats and Buddhist lions symmetrically
positioned to the lower sides (wear, losses, sleeves incomplete, 2361
replacement to collar band). A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED CIVIL RANK BADGES
53in (134.7cm) long Late Qing dynasty
$1,000 - 1,500 The split front and solid back square each depicting the silver
pheasant of the fifth rank amid clouds above a lishui border
PROPERTY FROM THE GALLERY OF T. Z. SHIOTA, SAN rendered in couched silver and gilt wrapped threads within a border
FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA of alternating bats and shou medallions on a faded midnight blue
ground (surface wear).
2359 12 1/2 x 12 1/2in 31.8 x 31.8cm)
A GROUP OF THREE JOINED SILK PANELS $1,500 - 2,500
Late Qing dynasty
The largest of russet brocade, made from two lengths joined vertically Provenance
at the center, the top woven in fine gilt wrapped threads with a received as a wedding gift to the previous owner in 1940
wide horizontal band of crane roundels above an elaborate field
of interlocked hexagonal diapers filled with flower heads woven in PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
shades of green, blue and yellow, the reverse lining of pale brown
silk (fading); the second panel also formed from two lengths joined 2362
at the center and woven with flowering peony sprays in gray-green TWO PAIR OF RANK BADGES
against a brilliant scarlet red ground, the reverse lined in buff silk (minor Late Qing dynasty
staining, small sewn repairs); the third formed with four lengths of buff The first pair featuring a bear of the fifth military rank applied onto the
colored brocade joined vertically throughout and then embroidered in front and back sections, the decoration worked in a combination of
shades of blue and white with plants of the Four Seasons scattered couched silver and gilt-wrapped threads combined with satin stitch
amid butterflies, the reverse lined with russet silk (staining, losses to for the clouds in the background (soiling, fading); the second pair
embroidery). displaying the wild goose of the fourth civil rank worked in satin stitch
79 x 58 1/2in (200.5 x 150cm) the largest panel and applied onto the brightly colored front and back squares worked
$1,500 - 2,000 in counted stitch on a fine silk mesh ground (minor wear).
11 1/2 x 11 5/8in (29 x 29.5cm) the first pair
10 3/4 x 11 3/8in (27.2 x 29cm) the second pair
$1,000 - 2,000
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