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LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A FINELY EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK DRAGON ROBE, MANGPAO
LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The robe is finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with nine five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst ruyi-form clouds interspersed with bats, various flowers, and beribonned auspicious emblems, all above the terrestrial diagram with dense, roiling waves tossed with blossoms, bats, coral, and further emblems picked out in Peking knot.
55 x 90 ¼ in. (139.6 x 229.2 cm.)
LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The robe is finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with nine five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst ruyi-form clouds interspersed with bats, various flowers, and beribonned auspicious emblems, all above the terrestrial diagram with dense, roiling waves tossed with blossoms, bats, coral, and further emblems picked out in Peking knot.
55 x 90 ¼ in. (139.6 x 229.2 cm.)