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QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1860
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A KESI-WOVEN FORMAL COURT ROBE OR CHI'FU
QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1860
woven with nine gilt dragons and auspicious emblems, with a diagonal seawave border
QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1860
woven with nine gilt dragons and auspicious emblems, with a diagonal seawave border
Provenance
This robe belonged to the late Mrs. Horace Gray, an important philanthropist in Santa Barbara.
The robe either came from great-great aunt of Horace Gray, Mrs. Russell Gray (Amy Heard Gray) born Boston October 7, 1860, daughter of Augustine Heard II, who served as United States resident minister to Korea from 1890-1893. He founded a trading house in Shanghai in 1860, and a painting of this Hong hangs in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusets.
The alternative source for this robe is Amy's sister, Helen Maxima Heard, born Hong Kong 1868 who married Max von Brandt, German minister Plenipotentiary to Japan 1860-75 and to China 1875-1893.
The robe either came from great-great aunt of Horace Gray, Mrs. Russell Gray (Amy Heard Gray) born Boston October 7, 1860, daughter of Augustine Heard II, who served as United States resident minister to Korea from 1890-1893. He founded a trading house in Shanghai in 1860, and a painting of this Hong hangs in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusets.
The alternative source for this robe is Amy's sister, Helen Maxima Heard, born Hong Kong 1868 who married Max von Brandt, German minister Plenipotentiary to Japan 1860-75 and to China 1875-1893.
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