Lot Essay
The chestnut brown colour of this robe is associated with high ranking imperial dukes and princes
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A FORMAL COURT ROBE (CHI'FU) OF CHESTNUT BROWN SILK
embroidered in silks and couched gilt thread with nine dragons amidst cloud-scrolls, cranes and bats above a sea-wave border, the borders and horse-shoe cuffs of black silk similarly worked, trimmed with blue gilt-brocade bindings, late 19th century, alterations, lower sleeves replaced
embroidered in silks and couched gilt thread with nine dragons amidst cloud-scrolls, cranes and bats above a sea-wave border, the borders and horse-shoe cuffs of black silk similarly worked, trimmed with blue gilt-brocade bindings, late 19th century, alterations, lower sleeves replaced
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