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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IMPERIAL DOUBLE-SIDED
EMBROIDERED SILK ‘DRAGON’ ROBE, JIFU
Early 19th century
Meticulously worked on both the outer and inner sides in satin stitch
and coloured threads with nine writhing five-clawed resplendent blue
dragons clutching or pursuing flaming pearls amidst dense trailing
scrolls of five-coloured clouds interspersed with bats, all above the
terrestrial diagram rising from rolling waves and lishui stripe at the hem,
all picked out in vibrant shades of blue, aubergine, yellow, coral-red
and green, reserved on a deep apricot ground, the matching dark-
blue-ground collar and cuffs worked with further blue dragons amidst
bats, clouds and waves.
205cm (80 6/8in) wide x 156cm (61 1/2in) long.

£15,000 - 25,000
CNY130,000 - 220,000
十九世紀早期 御製藍地雙面繡彩雲龍紋吉服袍

Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd., London
A distinguished New York private collection, acquired from the above
on 6 April 1994.

來源：倫敦古董商Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd.
紐約顯赫私人收藏，於1994年4月6日購自上者

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