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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
AN IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND DRAGON ROBE, JIFU
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
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AN IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND DRAGON ROBE, JIFU
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The blue ground is worked in couched gold threads on the front and back with five-clawed mang dragons interspersed with cranes, lotuses, bats and Daoist Emblems, above the terrestrial diagram tossed with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and lishui stripe at the hem, all picked out in shades of blue, purple, yellow and turquoise, with matching black collar and cuffs worked with further marching dragons, and faintly corded sleeve extensions.
81 1/8 in. (206 cm.) wide x 55 1/4 in. (140.5 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The blue ground is worked in couched gold threads on the front and back with five-clawed mang dragons interspersed with cranes, lotuses, bats and Daoist Emblems, above the terrestrial diagram tossed with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and lishui stripe at the hem, all picked out in shades of blue, purple, yellow and turquoise, with matching black collar and cuffs worked with further marching dragons, and faintly corded sleeve extensions.
81 1/8 in. (206 cm.) wide x 55 1/4 in. (140.5 cm.) long