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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 276 - 277 INCLUSIVE)
歐洲私人珍藏 (拍品276號及277號)

                                                                                                    276  276
                                                                                                         A BLUE-GROUND
                                                                             277                         EMBROIDERED COURT
42 CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES                                                           ‘DRAGON’ ROBE, JIFU
                                                                                                         19TH CENTURY

                                                                                                         The robe is decorated with nine
                                                                                                         couched gilt dragons chasing
                                                                                                         faming pearls, surrounded by
                                                                                                         fossed silk clouds and bats,
                                                                                                         interspersed with auspicious
                                                                                                         emblems, all above waves to
                                                                                                         the hem scattered with peonies
                                                                                                         in Peking knot. The collar and
                                                                                                         cufs are each decorated with
                                                                                                         a band of further dragons, bats
                                                                                                         and clouds.

                                                                                                         £2,000-4,000 $2,600-5,000

                                                                                                                                €2,400-4,600

                                                                                                         PROVENANCE

                                                                                                         With Teresa Coleman, Hong
                                                                                                         Kong, 1994.

                                                                                                         清十九世紀 藍地雲龍紋吉
                                                                                                         服袍
                                                                                                         來源: 香港古董商TERESA
                                                                                                         COLEMAN,於1994年購入

                                                                                                         277

                                                                                                         A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED
                                                                                                         ‘DRAGON’ ROUNDELS
                                                                                                         19TH CENTURY

                                                                                                         Each roundel is embroidered

                                                                                                         with a front-facing dragon in

                                                                                                         couched gilt thread defending

                                                                                                         the faming pearl below a shou-

                                                                                                         roundel, amidst ruyi-shaped

                                                                                                         clouds and crashing waves

                                                                                                         below, embroidered in shades of

                                                                                                         blue, green and cream thread.

                                                                                                         10¬ in. (27 cm.) diam., framed

                                                                                                         and glazed                     (2)

                                                                                                         £3,000-5,000 $3,800-6,300

                                                                                                                     €3,500-5,800

                                                                                                         PROVENANCE

                                                                                                         With Teresa Coleman, Hong
                                                                                                         Kong, 1994.

                                                                                                         清十九世紀 刺繡團龍紋圓
                                                                                                         補一對

                                                                                                         來源: 於1994年購自香港
                                                                                                         TERESA COLEMAN
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