THE PROPERTY OF A TIBETAN GENTLEMAN
AN EMBROIDERED YELLOW-GROUND SILK TWELVE-SYMBOL ROBE
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AN EMBROIDERED YELLOW-GROUND SILK TWELVE-SYMBOL ROBE
Finely embroidered in couched gold threads and satin stitch with eight contorted five-clawed dragons amidst cloud scrolls, shou characters and the twelve Imperial symbols, all superimposed against a ground of interlocking ruyi flowerheads and reserved on a bright yellow ground above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, altered; together with an apricot-ground silk gauze robe, worked in counted stitch with dragons amidst clouds and auspicious emblems, trimmed in fur at the hem and cuffs, altered
51 and 50½in. (129.5 and 128.3cm.) long (2)
Finely embroidered in couched gold threads and satin stitch with eight contorted five-clawed dragons amidst cloud scrolls, shou characters and the twelve Imperial symbols, all superimposed against a ground of interlocking ruyi flowerheads and reserved on a bright yellow ground above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, altered; together with an apricot-ground silk gauze robe, worked in counted stitch with dragons amidst clouds and auspicious emblems, trimmed in fur at the hem and cuffs, altered
51 and 50½in. (129.5 and 128.3cm.) long (2)
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