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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED
CHESTNUT-GROUND SILK ‘DRAGON’ ROBE
Yongzheng
Meticulously worked on the front and back in couched gold thread,
satin stitch tiny detail of seed stitch with nine powerful, five-clawed
dragons clutching or pursuing flaming pearls amidst a profusion of
hovering cranes vividly depicted in different poses, some holding a tally
in their beaks, all on a densely deep blue-patterned ground of stylised
wan emblems and above a lishu hem beneath a sea of tumultuous
waves interspersed with elaborate pavilions, with original sleeve
extension and midnight-blue cuffs and collar decorated with further
dragons and clouds.
205.3cm (80 6/8in) wide x 138.5cm (54 1/2in) long.
£60,000 - 80,000
CNY530,000 - 710,000
清雍正 御製香色地繡彩雲金龍「海屋添籌」紋袍

Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd., London, 1994
An Australian private collection

來源：倫敦古董商Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd.，1994年
澳洲私人收藏

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