AN IMPERIAL DARK BLUE SATIN MAN'S FUR-LINED WINTER SURCOAT, GUA

19TH CENTURY

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AN IMPERIAL DARK BLUE SATIN MAN'S FUR-LINED WINTER SURCOAT, GUA
19TH CENTURY
The front-opening, mid-length, side-vented coat with five toggles and gilt-metal buttons, with wide full-length sleeves, the satin silk of deep midnight-blue color completely lined with long-haired white fox, the fur lining continuing over the edge of the robe and peeking out from the edges of the sleeves, side vents and hem
49½ in. (125.6 cm.) long x 36½ in (92.8 cm.) across

拍品專文

The surcoat was an essential part of official dress. Mandarins and royalty did not always wear surcoats decorated with insignia badges, instead wearing plain ones, as their status required, on informal occassions. They were worn over their informal robes. Fur-lined robes are now exceptionally rare as many were stripped of their valuable lining after the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. The quality of this robe is exceptional indicating its probable use by a member of the royal court. A similar fur-lined surcoat can be seen in a portrait of Hong Yan Prince Guo. (Fig. 1)