Lot 148 A
148 A
A BLACK-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK SURCOAT, PU FU, finely worked on the front and back in satin stitch in brightly colored threads with eight floral roundels above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, the design repeated on the cuffs of the sleeves all picked out in shades of purple, green, red and blue reserved on a black ground--54in. long

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A BLACK-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK SURCOAT, PU FU, finely worked on the front and back in satin stitch in brightly colored threads with eight floral roundels above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, the design repeated on the cuffs of the sleeves all picked out in shades of purple, green, red and blue reserved on a black ground--54in. long

Lot Essay

This surcoat would have been part of a set of garments, worn over another robe with a red ground and side opening, probably with an identical pattern. A good example of this type of matched set was included in the exhibition, Chinese Textiles, Spink & Son, London, December 5-23, 1994, illustrated by Jacqueline Simcox in the Catalogue, nos. 54 nad 55. Compare, also, the surcoat sold in these rooms September 21-22, 1995, lot 530.

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