拍品 1305
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A RARE IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE SATIN GUARDSMAN'S CEREMONIAL UNIFORM
A RARE IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE SATIN GUARDSMAN'S CEREMONIAL UNIFORM
A RARE IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE SATIN GUARDSMAN'S CEREMONIAL UNIFORM
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A RARE IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE SATIN GUARDSMAN'S CEREMONIAL UNIFORM

QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)

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A RARE IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE SATIN GUARDSMAN'S CEREMONIAL UNIFORM
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
Comprising a tunic, apron, two sleeves, epaulettes, and under arm protectors, the ceremonial uniform is made of dark midnight-blue silk satin, decorated throughout with round brass studs in the central panels and diamond-shaped brass along the brocade borders. The uniform is embroidered with orange, blue, green, and yellow bats amidst trailing clouds, all above crashing waves and lishui stripe. Each panel is embroidered with a four-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl couched in both gold and copper metallic threads, encircled by a roundel of blue clouds.
The tunic 31¾ in. (80.6 cm.) long; the apron 38¾ in. (98.4 cm.) long
来源
Mary Baer Hiester (1872-1946) Collection.
Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania, gifted from the above in 1925.

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Although the purpose of this uniform was purely ceremonial, its construction is based on armor used for protection in battle. The legs were covered with aprons for protection, but the seat was left free to allow the wearer to mount a horse. The front square panel here is made of silk, but this would have been made of metal for actual combat. An example closest to the present uniform can be seen in the detail of a handscroll by the court painter Jia Quan, dated to 1776 by an Imperial preface, illustrating a portrait of general Mingliang in similar blue silk armor, illustrated in Meisterwerke aus China, Korea and Japan, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, Munich/New York, 1995, p. 105. An example of ceremonial armor in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by G. Dickinson and L. Wrigglesworth, Imperial Wardrobe, London, 1990, pl. 16; and others were included in the exhibition, China - The Three Emperors 1662-1795, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 12 November 2005 - 17 April 2006, illustrated in the catalogue, pp. 156-7.
See, also, a related floss-padded armor, complete with front and side protectors, dated to the early Qing dynasty in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 51 - Costumes and Accessories of the Qing Court, Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 88-89, no. 55.