Lot 29
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A surcoat (pu'fu) of midnight blue silk gauze, embroidered to front and back with a pair of rank badges, each bearing a gilt dragon amidst scrolling blue clouds within a key-fret border, worked in silks in counted stitch and in couched gilt thread, 19th century
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A surcoat (pu'fu) of midnight blue silk gauze, embroidered to front and back with a pair of rank badges, each bearing a gilt dragon amidst scrolling blue clouds within a key-fret border, worked in silks in counted stitch and in couched gilt thread, 19th century

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A surcoat (pu'fu) of midnight blue silk gauze, embroidered to front and back with a pair of rank badges, each bearing a gilt dragon amidst scrolling blue clouds within a key-fret border, worked in silks in counted stitch and in couched gilt thread, 19th century
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

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Possibly for an Imperial Duke

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