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A DEEP AUBERGINE-GROUND SILVER
AND GOLD-EMBROIDERED ‘LONGEVITY’
JACKET, 19TH CENTURY
19th century
Finely embroidered on the front and back in
gold-wrapped thread and satin stitch with seven
roundels each enclosing a Shou medallion
surrounded by five entwined bats with bright
blue eyes completing the circle, all interspersed
with further Shou characters, all on a deep-
midnight-blue ground, the cream-ground satin
sleeve bands delicately embroidered in gold-
wrapped thread with further Shou medallions
enclosed within borders of gourds issuing from
leafy stems, trimmed with a high collar and
turquoise blue lining.
153cm (60 2/8in) wide x 108cm (42 1/2in) long.
£1,200 - 1,800
CNY11,000 - 16,000
十九世紀 黑地捻金銀繡團壽紋馬褂
Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth, London
來源：倫敦Linda Wrigglesworth
Compare with two related deep-blue-ground
silk robes, 19th century, similarly decorated
with Shou characters surrounded by five bats,
illustrated by L.Wrigglesworth, Imperial Wardrobe, 280
Berkeley, 2000, p.69, and Heaven’s Embroidered
Cloths. One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles,
Hong Kong, 1995, pp.248-249.
281
A HAN CHINESE WOMAN’S MULTI-
TASSELLED FESTIVAL SKIRT, QUN
19th century
Finely tailored with multi-coloured concertina-
pleated bands of crimson, green, lime green,
orange lilac, peach, sky blue and bright blue
silk damask, the front and back panels in
lilac and deep red bordered with cream satin
embroidered with flowers and birds and
woven emerald green satin, the sides of the
skirt further decorated with slender pendent
chevrons of blue, green and pink silk bordered
with slender ribbons and decorated with
multi-coloured silk tassels, with original cotton
waistband, partially lined with green silk.
97.5cm (38 3/8in) long.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
十九世紀 雜色緞地流蘇繡花鳥紋裙
Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth, London,
1982
來源：1982年，倫敦Linda Wrigglesworth 281

Compare with a related multi-tasselled pleated
skirt, mid-19th century, in the Minneapolis
Institute of Art, illustrated by J.Vollmer,
Imperial Silks. Ch’ing Dynasty Textiles in the
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MS,
2000, p.669, no.300.

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