Page 49 - Christies May 12, 2017 Kensington

286
A BLUE SILK COURT ROBE, JIFU
19TH CENTURY

The robe is embroidered in silk and
couched gilt thread with nine dragons
chasing faming pearls, surrounded by
clouds, bats and Buddhist emblems, all
above waves and lishui.

£1,500-2,500 $1,900-3,100
€1,800-2,900

PROVENANCE

Property of a European collector.

清十九世紀 藏青地金雲龍紋吉服

286

287 (part)

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTOR PROVENANCE

287 With Ho Yi Cheng Co., Beijing, 17 November 1927.
A DARK BLUE-GROUND WOVEN SILK INFORMAL LADY’S
‘BUTTERFLY’ ROBE EXHIBITED
MID-19TH CENTURY
Exhibited at Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center,
The robe is decorated in gilt with confronting butterfy roundels, Portsmouth, Ohio, USA, Puppetry of China, 15 September 1985 -
surrounded by scattered prunus fowers and smaller butterfies 15 November 1985.
in fight. The collar and cufs are decorated with fruits and
leafy foliage in couched gilt thread, with a band of fower vase 清十九世紀 藏青地花卉蝴蝶紋女袍
cartouches to each cuf. Together with an additional length of
woven satin of similar decoration. 來源: 美國私人珍藏, 於1927年購自北京古董商 「和意成」

£1,000-2,000 $1,300-2,500 展覽: 1985年9月15日至11月15日間於美國南俄亥俄州
€1,200-2,300 博物館陳列

47