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19TH CENTURY, REMODELLED IN THE 1920S
Details
A CHINESE DEEP BLUE SILK FORMAL COURT ROBE, CHAOFU
19TH CENTURY, REMODELLED IN THE 1920S
Woven to the silk ground with a large five-clawed dragon clutching the flaming pearl, with further dragons, auspicious emblems and foaming waves to the shoulder and the hem, similar decoration to the horseshoe cuffs
19TH CENTURY, REMODELLED IN THE 1920S
Woven to the silk ground with a large five-clawed dragon clutching the flaming pearl, with further dragons, auspicious emblems and foaming waves to the shoulder and the hem, similar decoration to the horseshoe cuffs
Provenance
Werner Forman Collection, acquired in the 1970s-1990s