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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 189- 194)
*189
AN EMBROIDERED BLUE GAUZE DRAGON ROBE, JIFU 清十九世紀 藍地納紗金龍紋吉服
19TH CENTURY
來源:歐洲私人珍藏
The blue gauze is worked in couched gold thread and counted stitch with
nine fve-clawed dragons, two shown full-face leaping around a faming pearl
on the front and the back, while six others on the front, back and shoulders
are shown reaching for the pearl, as is the ninth on the underfap, amidst
lingzhi-shaped clouds interspersed with ‘precious objects’ and bats, above a
terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe separated by further clouds, with similarly
decorated collar and horsehoof cufs as well as blue corded sleeve extensions.
77 in. (196 cm.) cuf to cuf
£12,000-18,000 US$16,000-23,000
€14,000-21,000
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