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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER 5064
TWO EMBROIDERED SILK WOMAN’S GARMENTS
Late Qing/Republic period
5062 The first, a Manchu woman’s informal summer dress (changyi) with
A POLYCHROME SILK BROCADE RECTANGULAR PANEL openings at both sides, the scarlet gauze ground embroidered with
Late Qing/Republic period butterflies and flowering branches that repeat on the black gauze
The dark blue ground woven in shades of silvery gray and russet with neck and border bands, the white gauze cuffs similarly worked with
four dragons surrounding a central lotus flower, the corners filled with flowers (fading, soiling); the second a black satin coat with center
fu-lions tugging at the ribbons ties to brocade balls, the outside border
depicting each the twelve zodiac animals. front opening, possibly made for export, embroidered in brightly hued
satin stitch with vases of flowers and butterflies, the beige silk collar,
38 x 40in (96.5 x 101.5cm) border bands and sleeve bands worked with similar motifs combined
with scrolling tendrils rendered in couched gilt-wrapped threads (wear,
US$800 - 1,200 minor soiling)
56 and 44 3/4in (142 and 113.5cm) long

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BERKELEY COLLECTION
US$1,000 - 1,500
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A BLUE GAUZE BROCADE-WOVEN DRAGON ROBE PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JESSE MILES LEWIS
Late Qing dynasty
The nine dragons and tall lishui border woven in gilt-wrapped threads
while the clouds, shou medallions and other auspicious emblems are 5065
rendered in white and well-preserved bright colors that repeat in the A GROUP OF ASIAN BROCADE-WOVEN TEXTILES
The first a Chinese vertical panel woven with horizontal bands of
striping on the sleeves; the collar bands and cuffs woven en suite, the dragons and phoenixes above alternating rows of young boys and girls
eyes of the dragons separately embroidered in black and white thread. worked in subtle colors on a pale brown ground (now mounted with
54in (137cm) long nails to a dowel); the second a bolt of thin rose brocade woven with
a floral pattern; the third a short length of thin orange brocade woven
US$1,200 - 1,800 with a similar floral pattern; and two Japanese brocade obi fragments,
the larger woven with open fans, the smaller with flowering bonsai
containers. [5]
234 x 27 1/2in (594 x 70cm) the rose brocade bolt
US$700 - 1,000

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