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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK DRAGON ROBE, JIFU
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A RARE EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK DRAGON ROBE, JIFU
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Worked on the front and back in satin stitch and couched gold threads with nine five-clawed dragons amidst multi-colored cloud clusters interspersed with bats, flower branches and auspicious emblems, all above the terrestrial diagram with dense, roiling waves at the hem, with black-ground collar and cuffs similarly worked and corded black sleeve extensions, all picked out in multi-colored threads against a dark blue ground
56½ (143.5 cm.) long
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Worked on the front and back in satin stitch and couched gold threads with nine five-clawed dragons amidst multi-colored cloud clusters interspersed with bats, flower branches and auspicious emblems, all above the terrestrial diagram with dense, roiling waves at the hem, with black-ground collar and cuffs similarly worked and corded black sleeve extensions, all picked out in multi-colored threads against a dark blue ground
56½ (143.5 cm.) long