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PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
UNSEWN YARDAGE FOR AN IMPERIAL TWELVE-SYMBOL BLUE KESI DRAGON ROBE
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
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UNSEWN YARDAGE FOR AN IMPERIAL TWELVE-SYMBOL BLUE KESI DRAGON ROBE
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Woven in multicolored threads and gold with five-clawed dragons clutching flaming pearls, superimposed on a dense ground of cloud-form scrolls interspersed with bats and shou characters, incorporating the twelve symbols of imperial authority arranged in three groups of four: the sun, moon, constellation and rock around the neck; the fu symbol, ax, paired dragons and golden pheasant around the body; the pair of temple cups, aquatic grass and the grains of millet and flames above the waves, with original yellow silk lining
60 in. (153 cm.) long
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Woven in multicolored threads and gold with five-clawed dragons clutching flaming pearls, superimposed on a dense ground of cloud-form scrolls interspersed with bats and shou characters, incorporating the twelve symbols of imperial authority arranged in three groups of four: the sun, moon, constellation and rock around the neck; the fu symbol, ax, paired dragons and golden pheasant around the body; the pair of temple cups, aquatic grass and the grains of millet and flames above the waves, with original yellow silk lining
60 in. (153 cm.) long