A BURGUNDY-GROUND GOLD-THREAD EMBROIDERED 'NINE DRAGONS' ROBE Late Qing Dynasty
A BURGUNDY-GROUND GOLD-THREAD EMBROIDERED 'NINE DRAGONS' ROBE
Late Qing Dynasty
Worked in metallic threads with nine writhing five-clawed dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl amongst scattered Daoist emblems, shou medallions and ruyi cloud scrolls, above rocks emerging from frothing waves above a wide lishui band. 136cm (53 1/2in) long.
Footnotes:
清晚期 紅地緞綉金綫龍紋袍
Provenance: Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), China and Italy, and thence by descent
Noted in a valuation conducted by Linda Wrigglesworth in 1984
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A BURGUNDY-GROUND GOLD-THREAD EMBROIDERED 'NINE DRAGONS' ROBE
Late Qing Dynasty
Worked in metallic threads with nine writhing five-clawed dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl amongst scattered Daoist emblems, shou medallions and ruyi cloud scrolls, above rocks emerging from frothing waves above a wide lishui band. 136cm (53 1/2in) long.
Footnotes:
清晚期 紅地緞綉金綫龍紋袍
Provenance: Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), China and Italy, and thence by descent
Noted in a valuation conducted by Linda Wrigglesworth in 1984
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: *
* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
