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PROPERTY OF ANOTHER OWNER
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AN EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK GAUZE ‘NINE- 125
DRAGON’ ROBE
Guangxu period
Couched with nine dragons in gold-wrapped threads,
against an embroidered ground of auspicious emblems
and clouds in polychrome threads, all bordered by lishui
stripes and terrestrial diagrams emerging from churning
waves, the sleeves terminating in horse-hoof cuffs, the
collar band and cuffs similarly embroidered.
55 1/4in（141cm）long

$8,000 - 12,000
Provenance
Acquired in Japan, circa 1920

PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
ESTATE
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A FINE KESI-WOVEN SILK DRAGON ROBE
Late 18th/19th century
Finely woven in gilt and silver-wrapped threads, with
green and red highlight, depicting nine mighty five-
clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amid floating
cloud scrolls interspersed with the Buddhist Emblems
and bats above terrestrial diagrams emerging from
billowing waves and a wide lishui border separated by
ruyi-shaped clouds, the collar band and horse-hoof
cuffs decorated in gold and polychrome shades with
additional dragons and auspicious objects, with pleated
black silk sleeve extensions.
56in (142.3cm) long
$6,000 - 8,000
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