拍品專文
This jifu, a public costume for the Manchu nobility, is possibly a wedding garment for a duchess as we have a robe for a lady here. The imagery corresponds to that of the rank of an imperial duke and the maroon colour is usually used for those involved with the military. The assemblage of symbols such as the ‘xi’ (double happiness), bats, and cranes suggests that this can be a jifu used for a marriage. See another example with the shuangxi previously sold at Christie’s, New York, 19 March 2008, lot 7.