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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CHESTNUT-GROUND ‘DRAGON’
CHUBHA, KANGXI
Kangxi
The elegant garment constructed in Tibet from Chinese Kangxi period
Imperial chestnut silk brocades, finely worked in gold and multi-
coloured threads, the design on the front and back dominated by a
large and powerful side-facing four-clawed mang dragon clutching
the flaming pearl amidst a dense ground of ruyi clouds and Shou
medallions, all above the terrestrial diagram rising from rolling waves
and ruyi lishui, with four further partial dragons on the sleeves,
superimposed against a ground of interconnected clouds and small
dragons, woven in gold and multi-coloured threads, all above a partial
terrestrial diagram at the hem, the collar and inner flap decorated with
panels depicting a continuous patterns of dragon roundels alternating
with wispy clouds, the raised collar and border edged with dark and
light fur pelts, blue brocade and gold thread creating an elegant
design, the interior lined with patterned cotton.
184cm (72 1/2in) wide x 136cm (53 1/2in) long.

£30,000 - 50,000
CNY270,000 - 450,000

清康熙 御製褐地織彩雲金龍紋袍料製藏袍

Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth, London
A distinguished Belgian private collection

來源：倫敦Linda Wrigglesworth
比利時顯赫私人收藏

Image courtesy of the Palace Image after J.Vollmer, Ruling from the Dragon Throne. Costumes of the Qing
Museum, Beijing Dynasty (1644-1911), Berkeley, CA, 2002, p.69.

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