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480
A BLUE-GROUND GAUZE SILK ‘NINE-
DRAGON’ ROBE, JIFU
19th century
The blue silk gauze worked in couched gold
thread and fine counted stitch with nine
five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls
amidst trailing clouds interspersed with bats,
cranes, wondrous pavilions and the Eight
Buddhist Emblems above a terrestrial diagram
and lishui stripe separated by ruyi clouds, with
similar decoration repeated on the border,
collar and horsehoof cuffs. 137.5cm (54 1/8in)
long.

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$15,000 - 19,000

Provenance: A European private collection

481
A BLUE-GROUND GAUZE SILK ‘NINE-
DRAGON’ ROBE, JIFU
Late Qing Dynasty
The garment with central split, embroidered in
480 gold thread with nine dragons among woven
ruyi-clouds, cranes and Buddhist symbols, all
above a tall lishui band at the hem, with black
gauze hem embroidered with dragons at the
collar and horse-shoe cuffs.
143cm (56 3/8in) long
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
HK$19,000 - 29,000

Provenance: acquired in East Asia in the early
20th century and thence by descent.

482
A BLUE-GROUND ‘DRAGON’ ROBE
19th/20th century
Woven in gilt thread with writhing dragons
amongst scattered auspicious emblems,
above crashing waves and a gilt lishui
border; and two reference books: ‘Chinese
Potpourri’, James Zee-Min Lin, 1950, The
Oriental Publishers, Hong Kong, with signed
dedication by the author; and ‘My Country
and My People’, Lin YuTang, published 1939.
The robe 125cm (49.1/4in) long. (3).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$9,700 - 15,000

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