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JIAQING
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A BLUE-GROUND KESI DRAGON ROBE, JI FU
Jiaqing
Finely woven on the front and back panels in shades of red, blue, green, brown and ochre with nine dragons clutching flaming pearls within their five claws amidst dense stylized clouds interspersed with auspicious emblems including bats, ruyi scepters, the double lozenge and berried branches, all against a vibrant blue ground, the cuffs similarly worked, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem
54in. (138cm.) long
Jiaqing
Finely woven on the front and back panels in shades of red, blue, green, brown and ochre with nine dragons clutching flaming pearls within their five claws amidst dense stylized clouds interspersed with auspicious emblems including bats, ruyi scepters, the double lozenge and berried branches, all against a vibrant blue ground, the cuffs similarly worked, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem
54in. (138cm.) long
Provenance
Benton Collection
Exhibited
Metropolitan Museum of Art