A RARE EMBROIDERED APRICOT-GROUND SILK GAUZE WOMAN'S SEMI-FORMAL OFFICIAL ROBE

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BEVERLEY JACKSON

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A RARE EMBROIDERED APRICOT-GROUND SILK GAUZE WOMAN'S SEMI-FORMAL OFFICIAL ROBE
LATE 19TH CENTURY

Probably made for the wife of the heir apparent or first-ranking Imperial concubine, finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold thread with eight dragon-and-cloud roundels incorporating shou characters and wan emblems, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, and picked out in shades of blue, red, green, yellow and gray, the sleeves with black-ground bands of dragons against a cloud-scroll ground, flared horseshoe cuffs, fading--54 7/8in. (139.3cm.) long

拍品專文

Imperial color hierarchy ruled that 'apricot yellow' was to be worn only by the heir apparent, the wife of the heir apparent or the first ranking Imperial concubine. This rare example of a woman's semi-formal official robe is of the quality indicating Imperial use