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AN EMBROIDERED RED SILK WOMAN’S INFORMAL ROBE A very similar embroidered robe is illustrated by J. E. Vollmer, Decoding
LATE QING DYNASTY Dragons: Status Garments in Ch’ing Dynasty China, University of Oregon
Museum of Art, 1983, p. 95, pl. 50. The author notes that red-ground
The robe is fnely worked in satin stitch and Peking knot with medallions of
non-oficial formal coats for Manchu women became increasingly popular
cranes encircled by butterfies and blossoming fowers in shades of white,
in the 19th century. Many such robes were decorated with symbols such
blue, red, pink, purple and green, above a wide lishui stripe tossed with
as the crane, which probably served as celebratory costume for older
auspicious emblems. The sleeves are decorated with similar motifs.
Manchu women.
55 x 76Ω in. (139.7 x 194.3 cm.)
晚清 紅緞繡八團花卉鶴紋袍
$6,000-8,000
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