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A WOMAN'S EMBROIDERED DARK-BLUE-GROUND SILK QUASI-OFFICIAL VEST, XIAPEI
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A WOMAN'S EMBROIDERED DARK-BLUE-GROUND SILK QUASI-OFFICIAL VEST, XIAPEI
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Worked in satin stitch, Peking knot and couched gold threads above a lishui stripe at the irregular tasseled hem, displaying a pair of confronted dragons amidst clouds, peach clusters and bats interspersed with ten pairs of various birds representing emblems of civil court bureaucracy, applied on the front and back with a counted stitch rank badge emblazoned with a silver pheasant, denoting a fifth-rank official, some wear--41in. (104.4cm.) long
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Worked in satin stitch, Peking knot and couched gold threads above a lishui stripe at the irregular tasseled hem, displaying a pair of confronted dragons amidst clouds, peach clusters and bats interspersed with ten pairs of various birds representing emblems of civil court bureaucracy, applied on the front and back with a counted stitch rank badge emblazoned with a silver pheasant, denoting a fifth-rank official, some wear--41in. (104.4cm.) long