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8141
UNCUT YARDAGE FOR AN EMBROIDERED
BLUE SILK GROUND DRAGON ROBE, JIFU
Late Qing dynasty
Composed of three strips joined together before
the embroidery was added: two long strips - one
the proper right back and front inside panels,
the second the proper left back and front panel
- and a third shorter strip forming the front right
overlap; the nine dragons sewn in gilt-wrapped
threads, the remaining decoration using well-
preserved white and polychrome silk floss; the
selvedge on the third shorter strip woven with
the factory name reading Zhe[jiang] Hang[zhou]
ruizhanghuiji neizhubenji ningchoushaduan.
112 1/4 x 31in (286 x79cm) two strips
57 x 31in (145 x 79cm) third strip
$2,000 - 3,000
晚清 彩 龍紋 布
Please note that this lot is being offered without
reserve.
(無底價拍品)
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
8141 8142
A PAIR OF RANK BADGES
8142 18th/19th century
78 | BONHAMS The split front and solid back square each
depicting quails of the eighth civil rank perched on
a rock amid a tumultuous sea of ba jixiang motifs
surrounded by bats, clouds, peaches, and lingzhi
all rendered in colorful threads surrounded by the
couched gilt-thread leiwen borders.
11in (28cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
十八或十九世紀 一