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A BLUE EMBROIDERED ‘DRAGON’
ROBE (JIFU)
QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD
the midnight-blue silk brocade ground couched
in gold-wrapped threads with nine " ve-clawed
dragons pursuing ‘! aming pearls’ amidst clouds,
bats, and a selection of the ‘Eight Buddhist
Emblems’ all above embroidered ‘Mountains of
Immortality’ and lingzhi emerging from a roiling
sea, a continuous panel of gold lishui stripes
at the lower section of the robe, the black silk
sleeves tapering to horse-hoof cu> s of chocolate-
brown silk embroidered with further dragons and
clouds, the interior lined with plain-weave silk of a
deep violet color
Length 56⅛ in., 142.6 cm; Width 87 in., 221 cm
$ 8,000-12,000
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA
COLLECTION
A WALNUT INCENSE STAND
(XIANGJI)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the square top of standard miter, mortise, and
tenon construction with a ! ush, tongue-and-
grooved, single-board, ! oating panel supported
underneath by two dovetailed transverse braces,
the rectilinear edge neatly ending in a beaded
rim, all above a recessed waist and beaded edge
apron with a pierced oblong frieze and central
foliate strut, all raised on four slender square-
section beaded legs ending in hoof feet and joined
by a conforming base stretcher over bracket feet
Height 32½ in., 82.6 cm; Width 16 in., 40.6 cm;
Depth 16 in., 40.6 cm
$ 4,000-6,000
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