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AN APRICOT-GROUND FORMAL LADY’S COURT ROBE, Acquired in Asia in the 1920s, and then by descent within the
JIFU family.
MID-19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 杏黃地彩繡雲龍紋吉服
The robe is decorated with nine fve-clawed dragons in couched
gilt thread chasing faming pearls amidst dense ruyi clouds 來源: 於1920年代購自亞洲, 其家族珍藏至今
interspersed with bats and The Eight Buddhist Emblems,
Bajixiang, all above a hem of cresting waves tossed with
auspicious objects, and the lishui stripe. The matching dark
blue-ground cufs and collar are worked with further dragons
amidst bats, clouds and waves.
£10,000-15,000 $13,000-19,000
€12,000-17,000
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