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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
A CHINESE BLUE-GROUND KESI DRAGON ROBE, MANGPAO
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Details
A CHINESE BLUE-GROUND KESI DRAGON ROBE, MANGPAO
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
The blue kesi ground is woven in shades of blue, green, purple and ochre with five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst ruyi-form clouds interspersed with bats suspending peaches and various auspicious emblems with details in black pigment, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, with a similar pattern repeated on the collar, lapel and cuffs.
54 ¼ in. (137.8 cm.) x 86 ¼ in. (219 cm.)
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
The blue kesi ground is woven in shades of blue, green, purple and ochre with five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst ruyi-form clouds interspersed with bats suspending peaches and various auspicious emblems with details in black pigment, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, with a similar pattern repeated on the collar, lapel and cuffs.
54 ¼ in. (137.8 cm.) x 86 ¼ in. (219 cm.)
Provenance
Ethno-Textil, Germany, 2005.