LATE QING DYNASTY

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A PADDED EMBROIDERED RED SILK WOMAN'S UNOFFICIAL FORMAL WINTER ROBE
LATE QING DYNASTY
Embroidered on the front and back panels in satin stitch with eight roundels enclosing cranes surrounded by fruiting gourd vine and butterflies in vivid shades of blue, green, purple, and cream against a vibrant red ground. The roundels are arranged above a terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem. The black-ground collar and cuffs are decorated with further crane roundels and butterflies.
54 in. (137 cm.) long x 78 in. (198.1 cm.) wide

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Acquired at auction in London in the 1980s.

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A very similar embroidered robe is illustrated by J. E. Vollmer, Decoding Dragons: Status Garments in Ch'ing Dynasty China, University of Oregon Museum of Art, 1983, p. 95, pl. 50. The author notes that red-ground non-official formal coats for Manchu women became increasingly popular in the 19th century. Many such robes were decorated with symbols such as the crane, which probably served as celebratory costume for older Manchu women.

Compare, also, a kesi example included in the inventory of Yamanaka & Company, Inc., New York, 1943, Catalogue, no. 1503; and the gauze example sold at Christie's New York, 23 March 1995, lot 286. Another similar robe was also sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 1997, lot 273.