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PROPERTY FROM A UTAH PRIVATE COLLECTOR
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A BROWN-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGON' ROBE, Provenance:
JIFU Gift from Princess Der-ling to Elsie Jean Cade, who traveled with her
Guangxu period husband to Beijing, in 1911 or 1912. Her husband, Lt. Colonel William
The brightly decorated robe stitched in gold thread with nine five-claw T. Cade Jr, was in the Army Medical Corp as a surgeon. Lt. Colonel and
mang dragons, one on the inner flap, contesting flaming jewels on a Mrs. Cade became close friends with Princess Der-ling while in Beijing.
field of 'precious symbols' and above a lishui and sacred mountain By descent to the current owner
border.
32 3/4in (83.3cm) across; 64 1/2in (163.8cm) long 來源：
德齡公主於 1911 或 1912 年相贈于 Elsie Jean Cade，其丈夫 Lt.
$10,000 - 15,000 Colonel William T. Cade Jr 為美國陸軍醫療部的外科醫師，賢伉儷客居
北京時與德齡公主成為好友。
清光緒 醬色彩雲福壽金龍紋蠎袍 後於家族內傳承至現任藏家
A closely related 'dragon' robe of child's size, of apricot-color
ground embroidered with dragon, bats and clouds, in the Qing Court
Collection and now in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated on
the museum's website, reference number 故00042587, described as
Jiaqing period.

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