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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
1657
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED BLUE-
GROUND ‘DRAGON’ ROBE, LONGPAO
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The vibrant blue ground is worked in couched gold threads and satin stitch on
the front and back with fve-clawed dragons interspersed with cranes, bats
and Daoist Emblems, above the terrestrial diagram tossed with the Eight
Buddhist Emblems and lishui stripe at the hem, all picked out in shades of
blue, turquoise, purple, green and yellow, with matching black collar and cufs
worked with further matching dragons, and faintly corded sleeve extensions.
52æ in. (133.8 cm.) long, 81Ω in. (207 cm.) wide

$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE
An American East Coast collection formed in the early 20th century.
The embroidery on this robe is of an extraordinarily high quality, which is
particularly evident by the application of gold couched threads to emphasize
the three-dimensional quality of the dragons. According to the regulation
stipulated in Da Qing Hui Dian, a robe of this type would have been made for
a frst-rank prince, his heir apparent or a second-rank prince.
清十九世紀晚期 御製藍地繡金龍袍

本服質料上乘，工藝超卓，精施金線，賦予紋飾立體感，金龍活靈活現，栩栩如生。按照
《大清會典》規定，此類宮廷御製袍服應屬皇太子，其順位繼承人，或其他皇子專用。

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