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TWO MINIATURE COURT ROBES, FOR TEMPLE STATUES
Late Qing dynasty These two charming miniature robes were made to adorn statues in a
The first a yellow ground silk kesi jifu robe with dragons amid clouds temple. Taking their design and symbolism from the regulated fashion
with shou medallions above a lishui border; together with a smaller of the Qing court, these small robes would endow the statue with a
example in summer weight silk gauze, embroidered with dragon position within the Qing bureaucracy.
roundels and bats on a blue ground.
16 1/2in (42cm); 11in (28 cm) high (2). Another example of a miniature court robe made for a statue is in the
collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 42.50.1
$3,000 - 5,000
清晚期 廟堂用微形黃地緙絲吉服及藍地納紗龍袍

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