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A BAMBOO MAN’S JACKET The use of bamboo jackets and vests dates back to the Ming dynasty. They
19TH CENTURY were worn as an undergarment to aid air circulation, which helped to protect
the outer garments from perspiration stains during the hot weather.
清十九世紀 竹織內套
A similar jacket can be found included in the exhibition, Dress in Hong Kong:
The jacket is made of a network of bamboo tubes. The edges are fnished in A Century of Change and Customs, Hong Kong Museum of History, Urban
cream silk with two ties and a button to the front. Council, Hong Kong, 1992, p. 40 (bottom) and another is illustrated in Khoo,
The Straits Chinese: A Cultural History, Pepin Press, Kuala Lumpur: 2008, p. 81.
£1,000-2,000 $1,600-3,000
€1,400-2,700 A further jacket was sold at Christie’s New York, 19 March 2008, The
Imperial Wardrobe: Fine Chinese Costume And Textiles From The Linda
PROVENANCE: Wrigglesworth Collection, lot 125.

With Linda Wrigglesworth, London, acquired circa 2000.

來源：於約2000年購自古紡織品商Linda Wrigglesworth

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A PAIR OF ‘CLOUD GOOSE’ RANK BADGES, BUZI
19TH CENTURY

清十九世紀 文四品雲雁補子一對

They are made for a fourth rank oficial and embroidered in counted stitch
technique in coloured silks and gold and silver thread, depicting a yellow goose
standing on a rock emerging from waves, fanked by fowers and tall rocks, within
a ruyi head border.

8Ω x 9 in. (21.5 x 23 cm.), framed and glazed (2)

652 £1,000-2,000 $1,600-3,000
€1,400-2,700
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PROVENANCE:
90
Acquired in Asia by Augustine Heard, who established a trading house in
Shanghai in 1860 or Max von Brant who was German Minister Plenipotentiary to
China (1875-1893).
Inherited by the late Mrs Horace Gray, and was purchased by the vendor in
the 1970s.

來源：於十九世紀購自中國，由Mrs. Horace Gray繼承，於
1970年代由現藏家購入

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