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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
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A RED-GROUND SILK ‘BUTTERFLIES’
LADY’S INFORMAL ROBE
Late Qing Dynasty
The robe finely worked in satin stitch on the front
and back panels with butterflies fluttering amidst gilt
shou medallions, all picked out in vibrant shades of
pink, blue, turquoise and mauve against a bright red
ground, the design repeated on the dark border, the
sleeve bands decorated with blossoming peonies,
chrysanthemums and prunus, the edgings with
leiwen motifs picked out in gold and black.
127cm (50in) long.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

清晚期 紅地刺繡百蝶紋氅衣

Emblematic of summer, beauty, romance and
dreams, butterflies are a homophone with the word
‘repeatedly’, thus underscoring the wish for many
descendants when combined with seed-bearing
gourds, such as in the present example. A related
red-ground robe, embroidered with shou medallions
and butterflies in the multiple shades of blue, is in
the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, acc.no.1970.145.

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AN UNCUT RED-GROUND SILK HAN-CHINESE
WOMAN’S WEDDING COAT, MANG’AO
19th century
The red silk finely worked in couched gold-wrapped
thread with ten five-clawed dragons pursuing
flaming pearls amidst trialling clouds, mythical birds
and Auspicious Emblems, all above the Terrestrial
Diagram and lishui stripe beneath rolling waves and
dragon-fish.
228cm (89 6/8in) long x 144cm (56 6/8in) wide.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000

十九世紀 紅地金銀繡雲龍紋蟒襖袍料

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