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A BROWN-GROUND ‘NINE DRAGONS’ SILK ROBE
Late Qing Dynasty
Worked in couched gold threads and counted stitch with nine five-
clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amid satin stitch designs of
vaporous ruyi clouds interspersed with bats, cranes and a central
basket of peaches, rendered in knotted stitch, above a hem of cresting
waves and lishui stripe.
149cm (58 5/8in) long

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

Provenance
A Scottish private collection

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A LARGE EMBROIDERED CREAM SILK PANEL
Early 20th century
Decorated with a long tailed phoenix, birds of paradise, smaller birds,
waterfowl and butterflies amongst densely flowering and blossoming
plants issuing from rockwork on a riverbank, richly woven in gold
thread, five character inscription.
255cm x 112cm (100.3/8in x 44in).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000