FOUR UNUSUAL EMBROIDERED SILK MINIATURE DEPICTIONS OF ROBES

MODERN, SUZHOU

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FOUR UNUSUAL EMBROIDERED SILK MINIATURE DEPICTIONS OF ROBES
MODERN, SUZHOU
The four depicting an emperor's chaofu or 'robe of state' decorated with the twelve symbols of Imperial authority on a yellow ground; an 18th century imperial noblewoman's yellow-ground dragon robe; a 17th century nobleman's surcoat decorated with bold gold dragons on a midnight-blue ground; and a 19th century imperial noblewoman's semi-formal court robe decorated with dragon roundels on a turquoise ground, each with an embroidered red maker's seal
Framed: three: 17 x 19.14 in. (43.2 x 49 cm.), one: 18 x 20¾ in. (45.8 x 52.7 cm.) (4)

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Lot Essay

These miniature embroidered reproductions are either based on a specific robe or are interpretations of a specific robe type as illustrated by G. Dickinson and L. Wrigglesworth, Imperial Wardrobe, Berkeley and Toronto, rev. ed., 2000, Berkely, p. 59, pl. 144, p. 193, pl. 173, p. 37, pl. 30 and p. 197, pl. 178, respectively.

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