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A BLUE SUMMER GAUZE FORMAL
COURT ROBE, JIFU
19TH CENTURY
The robe is embroidered in silk and couched gilt
thread with nine dragons surrounded by bats,
clouds and Buddhist emblems above a band of
waves and lishui.
£3,000-5,000 $4,400-7,200
€3,800-6,300
PROVENANCE:
The property of a European collector.
清十九世紀 青石地納紗金雲龍八
吉祥紋吉服袍
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A BLUE-GROUND SUMMER GAUZE
COURT ROBE, JIFU
19TH CENTURY
The blue silk gauze is worked in couched gold
thread and fne counted stitch with nine fve-
clawed dragons pursuing faming pearls amidst
fve-colour clouds interspersed with cranes in
fight, all above a wave border and lishui stripes.
£2,500-4,000 $3,600-5,700
€3,200-5,000
PROVENANCE:
The property of a European collector.
清十九世紀 青石地納紗金雲龍仙
鶴紋吉服袍
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