Details
An informal full length coat of orange silk damask,
lined with long haired sheepskin, trimmed with black embroidered butterfly borders and white sleeve bands
lined with long haired sheepskin, trimmed with black embroidered butterfly borders and white sleeve bands
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
This lot is said to have been given to the vendor's ancestors by the Dowager Empress Cixi. The ancestor occupied the post of Post Master General and Inspector of Ports of Peking.