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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WHE DO KIM, CHICAGO
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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE
BROCADE ‘DRAGON’ ROBE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The midnight-blue ground is worked in gold-wrapped
threads with nine dragons, some clutching and others
chasing faming pearls amidst ruyi-form clouds and
fames, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe
woven with supplemental silk foss, gold-wrapped threads,
and gilt paper, and embellished with precious objects.
53Ω in. (135.9 cm.) long; 61 in. (154.9 cm.) wide
$70,000-90,000

PROVENANCE
Kim Jongki (1911-1991) Collection, Korea, prior to 1930.
Kim Haksoo (b. 1933) Collection, Korea, and thence
by descent.
清康熙 藍緞地繡彩雲金龍龍袍

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