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PROPERTY OF THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
FUND
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AN APRICOT SILK BROCADE ‘NINE DRAGON’ PANEL
AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND DRAGON ROBE, MANGPAO 18TH-19TH CENTURY
19TH CENTURY
The panel is woven with nine fve-clawed dragons, each contesting a
The blue ground is worked in couched gold thread and satin stitch faming pearl amidst ruyi-form clouds in gold, green, blue, ochre, and
on the front and back with fve-clawed dragons confronting faming white, above the terrestrial diagram, all on an apricot ground. The
pearls amidst shou characters and bats suspending wan emblems and whole is set on a pale yellow silk backing.
double-peaches woven in shades of red, all amidst Daoist emblems.
The terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem are tossed with the 62æ in. (159.3 cm.) x 58¡ in. (148 cm.)
bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems).
$3,000-5,000
54æ in. (139 cm.) long
PROVENANCE
$7,000-9,000
The Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York.
清十九世紀 石青地緞織金龍紋蟒袍
清十八/十九世紀 杏色地織錦九龍圖掛屏