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A CHINESE PAINTED AND
EMBROIDERED CHASUBLE, STOLE AND
MANIPLE
18th century
The cream silk garment delicately painted
overall with polychrome rose and carnation
stems with gold thread embroidered hems
and tassels, green silk lining.
117.5cm (46 1/4in) long (3).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$29,000 - 49,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000

For a related example see Clunas, Craig,
ed. Chinese Export Art and Design. London:
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987, figs. 8, 9.
Accession number T.89:1, 2; 90, 91-1923.

It is noted that China was a major source of
painted silk during the late 18th and 19th
centuries, and vestments made there were
used by Christian communities in Asia,
Europe and also the Spanish Americas as far
north as California.

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401
AN IVORY GROUND SILK LADY’S ROBE
Circa 1900
Finely woven with butterflies amongst
flowering peonies, chrysanthemums, lotus
and blossoming plants on a brocade ground,
the hems and collar woven with figural panels
and flowering gardens.
120cm (47 1/4in) long
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$9,700 - 15,000
CNY8,500 - 13,000

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