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A BLUE-GROUND SILK FESTIVE ROBE, JIFU
19th century
Finely worked in satin stitch and dense couched
gold threads with nine writhing four-clawed dragons
amidst Auspicious Emblems between blossoming
peonies and clusters of vaporous clouds, all above
the terrestrial diagram decorated with further ‘Peking
knot’ peonies and lishui stripe at the hem, all picked
out in shades of blue, grey, yellow and bright purple,
with a black-ground border at the collar and cuffs.
141cm (55 1/2in) long.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000

十九世紀 石青地緞繡九龍趕珠紋吉服袍
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FIVE IMPERIAL SILK ‘DRAGON’ ROUNDELS,
19TH CENTURY
19th century
87 Each finely embroidered in fine multicoloured satin
stitch and gold thread on a midnight-blue ground,
one roundel with a front-facing five-clawed dragon
pursuing the ‘flaming pearl’ beneath the shou
character, the other four each with a side-facing
dragon amidst the Eight Buddhist Emblems and
vaporous clouds.
27.9cm (11in) diam. (5).

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY54,000 - 71,000
十九世紀 緞繡團龍紋繡片 一組五件

Compare with similar roundels embroidered with
striding dragons surrounded by bats, clouds and
shou characters, circa 1880, illustrated by J.Ryan,
Dragon Emperor. Treasures from the Forbidden City,
Victoria, 1988, no.H2.C4.Q2.R3.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女士藏品
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A RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND
‘DRAGON’ SILK DOUBLE-SIDED HANGING
Qianlong
The fine brocade delicately woven in counted stitch
with gold and polychrome threads on a yellow
ground, each side depicting three five-clawed
dragons with a sinuous body pursuing a flaming
pearl amidst vaporous clouds and flames, above the
terrestrial diagram, the lower part enclosing a cluster
of ruyi issuing from acanthus leaves between a frieze
of pearls and vaporous clouds.
314.5cm (123 6/8in).
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 106,000
Provenance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏
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