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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
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AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE IMPERIAL KESI ORANGE-GROUND
TWELVE-SYMBOL ROBE
19th century
The kesi ground finely worked in satin stitches in shades of blue,
green, red, aubergine and ochre couched vibrant gold threads with
nine five-clawed dragons pursuing ‘flaming pearls’ amidst trialling ruyi
clouds interspersed with bats; the Twelve Imperial Symbols arranged
in three groups of four beginning with the sun, moon, constellation
and mountains around the neck; the axe head, the fu symbol, paired
dragons and pheasant around the upper body of the robe; the water
weed, pair of sacrificial vessels, fire and grain above the terrestrial
diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, all interspersed with the Eight
Buddhist Emblems and further dragons emerging from rolling waves,
against a rich apricot ground; the matching dark blue-ground cuffs
and collar worked with further dragons amidst bats, clouds and
waves, below sleeve extensions woven with roundels depicting further
dragons chasing flaming pearls, lined in original imperial yellow silk,
with a three-character inscription and seal mark on the inside flap.
183cm (72in) wide x 145cm (57in) long.

£150,000 - 250,000
CNY1,300,000 - 2,200,000

十九世紀 御製杏黃地緙絲金龍十二章紋龍袍

Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth, London, 1997
A Western private collection

來源：英國倫敦古董商，Linda Wrigglesworth，1997年
西方私人收藏

Image Courtesy of the University of Alberta Musuem, Alberta

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