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LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A BOLT OF IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK SATIN
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Woven with damask double dragon roundels, each dragon with five claws denoting Imperial rank, the end woven with seven characters reading, Wu Yuan Chang Tai Ji ben zhi, referring to the name of the workshop where the silk was woven, the silk of rich egg-yolk-yellow tone
216 x 30¾ in. (548 x 78 cm.)
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Woven with damask double dragon roundels, each dragon with five claws denoting Imperial rank, the end woven with seven characters reading, Wu Yuan Chang Tai Ji ben zhi, referring to the name of the workshop where the silk was woven, the silk of rich egg-yolk-yellow tone
216 x 30¾ in. (548 x 78 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by Frigate Captain Roman Junowicz during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and subsequently taken to Austria.