Lot Essay
Compare a gauze lady's summer robe woven with a freely-designed composition of lotus illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Guanji: Gongyi Meishubian; Yin Ran Zhi Xiu (2), vol. 7, Beijing, 1987, p. 110, no. 49.
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OTHER PROPERTIES
A RARE PALE PINK AND BLUE SILK GAUZE LADY'S SUMMER COURT ROBE
CIRCA 1900
Details
A RARE PALE PINK AND BLUE SILK GAUZE LADY'S SUMMER COURT ROBE
CIRCA 1900
In the Dowager Empress court-style, woven with a blue wan-fret pattern on a pink ground, and embroidered with lotus leaves and blossoms in deep blue and green, with details in gold and silver threads, the borders, collar and cuffs with a similarly decorated dark blue lotus band
52 in. (132.1 cm.) long
CIRCA 1900
In the Dowager Empress court-style, woven with a blue wan-fret pattern on a pink ground, and embroidered with lotus leaves and blossoms in deep blue and green, with details in gold and silver threads, the borders, collar and cuffs with a similarly decorated dark blue lotus band
52 in. (132.1 cm.) long