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A GROUP OF THREE HAN-CHINESE LADIES’ ROBES
Late Qing Dynasty
Comprising: a purple silk damask informal ladies’ robe, boldly
embroidered with butterflies and peonies roundels in vibrant colours,
135cm (53 1/8in) long; a cream damask robe embroidered with
chrysanthemum roundels, 125.5cm (49in) long; and a light blue
informal jacket, ao, embroidered with baskets of flowers and sprays of
fruit and flowers, 102cm (40 1/8in) long.

£2,500 - 3,000
CNY22,000 - 26,000 HK$24,000 - 29,000

692
A BLUE SUMMER GAUZE ‘NINE DRAGONS’ ROBE
Late Qing Dynasty
Embroidered with eight gilt-thread, writhing dragons across a sky of
Buddhist Symbols and polychrome clouds, a further dragon to the
internal fold, all above a gold lishui band at the hem; together with
four red silk ground circular panels decorated with panels of fruit and
flowers in polychrome and gilt thread. The robe: 133cm (52 3/8in) long
(5).

£1,200 - 1,500
CNY10,000 - 13,000 HK$12,000 - 15,000

Provenance
A distinguished French private collection, and thence by descent;
reputedly acquired in China in the 1950s.

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