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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
(LOTS 222 AND 223)
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A BROWN-GROUND KESI DRAGON ROBE, MANGPAO AN EMBROIDERED BROWN SILK-GROUND PADDED `DRAGON’
19TH CENTURY ROBE, MANGPAO, AND A BLUE-GROUND KESI `DRAGON’ ROBE,
The robe is fnely woven with nine gold fve-clawed dragons chasing faming MANGPAO
pearls amongst ruyi-form clouds and bats. The brown ground is interspersed THE EMBROIDERED BROWN ROBE, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
with beribboned scrolls, chimes, and vases containing peaches and ruyi, above The brown silk ground is worked in couched gold thread and satin stitch on the
cresting waves tossed with auspicious objects and the lishui stripe. front and back with nine fve-clawed dragons confronting faming pearls amidst
42æ in. (108.5 cm.) long; 64 in. (162.5 cm.) wide
ruyi-form clouds, bats, and cranes, all around a central beribboned basket of
£5,000-8,000 US$6,200-9,900 double peaches. The terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem and arms
€5,700-9,000 are both tossed with auspicious emblems. The kesi robe is woven with nine
dragons on a blue ground decorated with forets within gold quatrefoil borders,
PROVENANCE: all interspersed with ruyi-shaped clouds, wan emblems, bats, peaches, peonies
Private English Collection, acquired prior to 2000. and lotus fowers above cresting waves and the lishui stripe.
The brown silk robe: 55Ω in. (141 cm.) long; 56º in. (143 cm.) wide
The blue kesi robe: 55Ω in. (141 cm.) long; 80æ in. (205 cm.) wide
清十九世紀初 褐地龍紋蟒袍 (2)
來源: £5,000-8,000 US$6,200-9,900
英國私人珍藏, 2000年前所購 €5,700-9,000
PROVENANCE:
Private English Collection, acquired prior to 2000.

清十九世紀 褐地龍紋吉服袍及藍地緙絲龍紋袍
來源:
英國私人珍藏, 2000年前所購

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