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An Imperial kesi silk robe An unusual woven silk rectangular hanging carpet depicting the
Late Qing Dynasty Summer Palace
The yellow silk ground featuring the twelve symbols of Imperial Late Qing Dynasty
Authority and nine gilt-thread five-clawed dragons chasing flaming Finely woven in muted shades of blue, rust-orange, green and beige,
pearls, surrounded by clouds, bats and shou characters, above the central panel showing a scene of the Summer Palace at Beijing
mountains, crashing waves and a lishui hem, trimmed with navy kesi including Longevity Hill behind a palace courtyard and the distinctive
dragon bands and horseshoe cuffs, the lower sleeves and lining of paddle steamer sailing across the Kunming Lake in the foreground, all
yellow roundel damask silk. surrounded by a border containing pairs of confronted stylised chilong
142cm long x 194cm wide (56in long x 76in wide) bordered with key-fret and a wide band with groups of precious objects
£8,000 - 12,000 at the edges, the top border containing the characters Wan shou shan
HK$94,000 - 140,000 CNY75,000 - 110,000 quan jing (A View of Longevity Hill).
307cm high x 242cm wide(120¾in high x 95¼in wide)
清晚期 緙絲明黃地十二章龍袍 £10,000 - 15,000
HK$120,000 - 180,000 CNY94,000 - 140,000
Provenance: acquired by family members working in and trading with
China and the Far East in the early 20th century, and thence by descent. Provenance: an Italian private collection

來源：家族成員於二十世紀早期與中國及遠東進行貿易活動，於同時期 清晚期 絹織頤和園景地毯 「萬壽山全景」楷書款
獲得此袍，並由家族繼承下去
來源：意大利私人收藏

Compare a related carpet also with a scene of the Summer Palace
including the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake, but viewed from a
different side, illustrated in Classics of the Forbidden City: Carpets in the
Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2010, pp.220-225.

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