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Compare a similar jacket, sold in these rooms, March 23, 1995, lot 280
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A RASPBERRY-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK JACKET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Finely worked in satin stich and couched gold threads with eight roundels of figures engaged in various activities, some of the details picked out in Peking knot, probably representing scenes from Beijing opera, interspersed with sprays of peony, prunus and orchid, all within cream borders and cuffs decorated with further figural scenes, all reserved on a pinkish-red ground
40½in. (102.8cm.) long
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Finely worked in satin stich and couched gold threads with eight roundels of figures engaged in various activities, some of the details picked out in Peking knot, probably representing scenes from Beijing opera, interspersed with sprays of peony, prunus and orchid, all within cream borders and cuffs decorated with further figural scenes, all reserved on a pinkish-red ground
40½in. (102.8cm.) long