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PROPERTY OF A LADY A MANCHU LADY’S LIME-GREEN SILK
INFORMAL ROBE
A MANCHU LADY’S PURPLE SILK SUMMER LATE QING DYNASTY
ROBE
LATE QING DYNASTY with side opening, standing collar and layered sleeves, the
green silk worked in satin stitch with scattered bunches of
with side opening, the aubergine-colored silk gauze woven lotus blossoms and leaves, bordered by a lilac-colored silk
with roundels of two ve-clawed dragons clamoring for a band woven with owers and a band of black-ground silk with
‘ aming pearl,’ bordered by a woven silk band with geometric embroidered peony scroll and butter ies, ower-embroidered
pattern, blue gauze, and a cream-colored gauze needlepointed cream-colored silk lining the cu s, the inside lined overall with
with polychrome auspicious birds amid blue rocks and trees, pink silk
the sleeves cu ed with a fourth gauze with needlepointed Length 55¼ in., 140.3 cm
butter ies and roundels, unlined $ 4,000-6,000
Length 52½ in., 133.4 cm
$ 3,000-5,000 㶭㛓ġġġ䵈䶆三匟咖䲳ⷠ㚵

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AN EMBROIDERED SILK SKIRT AND JACKET
QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH
CENTURY

the pale pink silk skirt in two separate panels joined by buttons,
embroidered with pastel-tone lotus, rocks, and waves, pink
cotton waist-band, seafoam-colored fringe at hem; the peach-
colored silk child’s jacket with standing collar, embroidered in
blue satin thread with oral sprays and birds, lined with deep-
turquoise silk (2)
Length of skirt 38¾ in., 98.4 cm
Length of jacket 21 in., 53.3 cm
$ 800-1,200

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