Lot 423
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A BLACK-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK WOMAN'S FORMAL SURCOAT, PU FU

Details
A BLACK-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK WOMAN'S FORMAL SURCOAT, PU FU
LATE 19TH CENTURY

Finely worked on the front and back in satin stitch in brightly colored threads with eight roundels of cranes and flowers, 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. (137.2cm.) 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 and 55. Compare, also, the surcoat sold in these rooms, September 21-23, 1995, lot 530