Lot Essay
This surcoat, with its pair of mang (four clawed) dragons, would have been appropriate for the wives and daughters of third degree princes
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE EMBROIDERED BLACK-GROUND WOMAN'S COURT SURCOAT, PU FU
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A RARE EMBROIDERED BLACK-GROUND WOMAN'S COURT SURCOAT, PU FU
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Finely worked in couched gold thread and multi-colored satin stitch on the front and back with central dragon roundels surrounded by shou- character roundels incorporating a wide variety of flowers and plants, including peach, peony, chrysanthemum, lingzhi, bamboo, wisteria and nandina, reserved on black, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, with smaller matching roundels at the cuffs
52¾in. (134cm.) long
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Finely worked in couched gold thread and multi-colored satin stitch on the front and back with central dragon roundels surrounded by shou- character roundels incorporating a wide variety of flowers and plants, including peach, peony, chrysanthemum, lingzhi, bamboo, wisteria and nandina, reserved on black, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, with smaller matching roundels at the cuffs
52¾in. (134cm.) long