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A LIGHT BLUE SILK ‘BUTTERFLY’ Provenance: given by Sir Thomas Wade A WOMAN’S PURPLE SILK INFORMAL
WOMAN’S WINTER ROBE (1818-1895) to his sister-in-law Maria Sophia ROBE
19th century Hardcastle, née Herschel (1839-1929) Late Qing Dynasty
The light blue silk garment fashioned with (handwritten note). The silk woven with roundels of grapes,
wide sleeves, heavily padded throughout for Sir Thomas Wade was an eminent British fashioned with wide sleeves and side
Winter use, embroidered overall in satin stitch diplomat and sinologist who spent over forty openings, with ruyi-shaped hems of floral
with a myriad of butterflies, the black hems years in China. He taught himself Mandarin, designs on a turquoise ground, and insects
embroidered ensuite. 134cm (52 3/4in) long wrote extensively on Chinese studies, and his and flowers on black silk. 142cm (55 7/8in)
pioneering work led to the famous Wade-Giles long
£2,000 - 3,000 system of romanization for Mandarin Chinese.
CNY18,000 - 26,000 £800 - 1,200
HK$19,000 - 29,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$7,700 - 12,000

Provenance: acquired in China between
1919-1939 and thence by descent.

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