Lot Essay
Compare an heir-apparent apricot gauze child's robe, dated to the late 19th century, sold in these rooms, September 21/22, 1995, lot 519
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AN EMBROIDERED APRICOT-GROUND SILK CHILD'S DRAGON ROBE, JI FU
FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Made for the heir apparent, finely worked on the front and back in satin stitch and couched gold threads with nine contorted five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst a dense ground of cloud clusters, bats and Buddhist symbols, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, and picked out in shades of blue, green, yellow and red against an orange-yellow ground, collar, sleeve extensions and cuffs missing
41in. (104.3cm.) long
FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Made for the heir apparent, finely worked on the front and back in satin stitch and couched gold threads with nine contorted five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst a dense ground of cloud clusters, bats and Buddhist symbols, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, and picked out in shades of blue, green, yellow and red against an orange-yellow ground, collar, sleeve extensions and cuffs missing
41in. (104.3cm.) long