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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTOR PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION
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A RARE EMBROIDERED BROWN GAUZE SUMMER ROBE AN EMBROIDERED MIDNIGHT-BLUE SILK DAOIST ROBE, JIANGYI
LATE QING DYNASTY 19TH CENTURY
The gauze is finely worked in counted stitch and gold-wrapped threads with Of rectangular form with central opening at the front, the two front panels are
birds above cresting waves in the lower register, beneath clusters of flower decorated with cranes amidst bats and clouds. The back is elaborately worked
blossoms and butterflies. The sleeves are embroidered with antiques. with the Daoist diagram incorporating symbols of the sun and moon (cockerel
43æ in. (109.1 cm.) long x 52æ in. (134 cm.) wide and rabbit), the constellation, and the symbolic forms of the Five Sacred
Mountains, all surrounded by dragons, phoenix, clouds, and other symbols of
longevity, all within borders decorated with Daoist trigrams and auspicious
$6,000-8,000
emblems. The whole is worked in very fine couched gold and colored threads
of burgundy, blue, green, red, purple and pink.
PROVENANCE:
The James D. Tigerman (1951-2004) Collection. 51 in. (129.5 cm.) long x 76 in. (193 cm.) wide
Chinese Works of Art from the Estate of James D. Tigerman; Sotheby's New
York, 28-29 September 2004, lot 129.
$20,000-30,000

紐約私人珍藏 PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Florida.
晚清 褐地納紗繡團花紋袍
EXHIBITED:
來源: Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Celestial Silks, 31 July-24 October
The James D. Tigerman (1951-2004) 珍藏。 2004.
Omaha, Joslyn Museum, Nebraska, Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a
Chinese Works of Art from the Estate of James D. Tigerman; 紐約蘇富比,
2004年9月28-29日, 拍品編號129。 Dynasty Through its Art, 1 March-31 May 2008.
LITERATURE:
Arts of Asia, J. Rutherford, "Celestial Silks: Chinese Religious and Court
Textiles," July-August, 2004, p. 35.
Judith Rutherford and Jackie Menzies, Celestial Silks, Art Gallery of New South
Wales, 2004, pp. 54-5.

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