A JADE-GROUND KESI LADY’S ROBE

MID-19TH CENTURY

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A JADE-GROUND KESI LADY’S ROBE
MID-19TH CENTURY
The robe is worked with butterflies in flight amongst scattered flower baskets, flowers, and peach sprays.

Provenance

Phillips London, 19 June 1991, lot 60.

Lot Essay

The colour turquoise is usually reserved for high ranking concubines and female members of the Imperial family.
A very similar robe was sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 16 May 2014, lot 1225.

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