A RARE BLACK VELVET MAN'S INFORMAL JACKET, MA GUA

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A RARE BLACK VELVET MAN'S INFORMAL JACKET, MA GUA
LATE 19TH CENTURY

The short jacket with central vent opening and wide sleeves, pale blue silk lining--24½in. (62.3cm.) long

Provenance

Laurence Sickman

Lot Essay

The ma gua or riding jacket was a waist-length, front-opening surcoat worn over the nei tao (see preceeding lot). For a silk example, see Gary Dickinson and Linda Wrigglesworth, Imperial Wardrobe, London, 1990, p. 35, pl. 26