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PROPERTY FROM THE JEFFREY M. KAPLAN COLLECTION
A GREEN-GROUND SILK ‘DRAGON’
FRAGMENT
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
woven as brocaded satin with supplementary weft threads in
contrasting colors producing an image of three vivacious four-
clawed dragons leaping for ‘ aming pearls’ above crashing
waves, composed of ve separate pieces of silk, mounted on
board and framed
Height of frame 51½ in., 130.8 cm
PROVENANCE
E & J Frankel, New York, 2011.
$ 3,000-5,000
㖶⋩ℕᶾ䲨ġġġ䵈⛘䷼㴟㯜漵䲳㍃⯷
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BROOKS AND
DOROTHY COFIELD
A BLUE SILK BROCADE DRAGON ROBE
(JIFU)
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
woven with gilt-wrapped threads over a deep blue eld, with
nine ve-claw dragons pursuing aming pearls amongst
auspicious emblems, within borders with the terrestrial
diagram and lishui stripe at the sleeves and hem, the gold-
striped sleeve extensions ending in black ground horse-hoof
cu s, with similarly patterned collar band
Height 55¾ in., 141.6 cm
$ 3,000-5,000
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ啵⛘䷼ℓ⮞暚漵䲳⎱㚵
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