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A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED
‘DRAGON’ ROBE, JIFU
19TH CENTURY
The robe is embroidered in gilt couched
threads with front-facing and striding
dragons amongst cloud scrolls and
auspicious emblems above foaming lishui
waves.
£3,000-5,000 $3,800-6,300
€3,500-5,800
清十九世紀 石青地金龍紋吉服
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PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
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A DARK BLUE-GROUND
EMBROIDERED ‘EGRET’ COURT
WAISTCOAT, XIAPEI
CIRCA 1800
The waistcoat is embroidered to each
side with a Sixth Civil Rank egret rank
badge, above two confronting couched
gilt dragons to the front and a pair
of phoenix to the reverse, amongst
scattered auspicious symbols, fowers
and clouds, all above foaming waves.
£1,000-2,000 $1,300-2,500
€1,200-2,300
PROVENANCE
Property from the collection of Lady
Evelyn Mason (1870-1944), Eynsham
Hall, Oxfordshire, acquired prior to 1920,
then by descent.
約1800年 藏青地文官六品龍鳳紋
霞帔
來源: 英國私人珍藏, 購自1920年以
前,其家族珍藏至今
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