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A Manchu noblewoman’s apricot ground
embroidered dragon robe
Late Qing dynasty
The orange-rose ground with side openings displaying nine four-
clawed dragons worked in couched gilt threads and set amid cloud
scrolls, bats and shou medallions worked in shades of blue, red and
white above a tall and brilliantly colored lishui border, the added neck
band, sleeve bands and horseshoe cuffs of black silk embroidered
with dragons and waves in similar gilt and polychrome threads.
56 3/4in (144cm) long
$4,000 - 6,000

Property from Various Owners

8256
A pieced silk horizontal panel with embroidered
decoration
Late Qing elements
Including four joined panels taken from a blue ground dragon robe
preserving the dragons in couched gilt threads set amid cloud scrolls in
satin stitch and ribboned symbols in tightly knotted stitch above a tall lishui
border worked in white and brightly hued satin stitch; the narrow horizontal
panel along the top taken from a woman’s blue satin coat embroidered in
shades of blue and white with floral sprigs; the border bands of black silk
brocade woven with shou medallions in fine gilt-wrapped threads.
45 1/2 x 67 1/2in (115.6 x 171.5cm) overall
$1,500 - 2,500