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A BROWN-GROUND SILK GAUZE DRAGON ROBE, JI FU

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A BROWN-GROUND SILK GAUZE DRAGON ROBE, JI FU
EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Finely worked in counted stitch in multi-colored threads with nine five-clawed, writhing dragons amidst stylized clouds interspersed with 'auspicious' emblems, reserved on a reddish-brown ground, all above the terrestrial diagram and a wide border of dense, overlapping waves superimposed with Buddhist emblems at the hem, with dark blue sleeves and matching horseshoe cuffs
56in. (142.3cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare a similar brown gauze ji fu of slightly later date, illustrated by John E. Vollmer, Decoding Dragons: Status Garments in Ch'ing Dynasty China, University of Oregon Museum of Art, 1983, p. 153, pl. 104