AN IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND FUR-TRIMMED KESI TWELVE-SYMBOL 'DRAGON' ROBE (JIFU) QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD
finely woven, with nine golden dragons each pursuing a 'flaming pearl' amidst a network of blue lingzhi-shaped cloud scrolls, bats, wan and shou characters, interspersed with the Twelve Symbols of Imperial Authority in orthodox arrangement, the collar and horsehoof cuffs edged with gold and black brocade, the sleeves with further dragons in profile, all above a terrestrial diagram with pairs of 'Eight Buddhist Emblems" amidst the waves, a border of ruyi-shaped clouds and lishui stripe below, the side flap edged with fur
Length 68 in., 172.7 cm; Height 52 in., 132.1 cm
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 18th June 1980, lot 277.
Linda Wrigglesworth, London.
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finely woven, with nine golden dragons each pursuing a 'flaming pearl' amidst a network of blue lingzhi-shaped cloud scrolls, bats, wan and shou characters, interspersed with the Twelve Symbols of Imperial Authority in orthodox arrangement, the collar and horsehoof cuffs edged with gold and black brocade, the sleeves with further dragons in profile, all above a terrestrial diagram with pairs of 'Eight Buddhist Emblems" amidst the waves, a border of ruyi-shaped clouds and lishui stripe below, the side flap edged with fur
Length 68 in., 172.7 cm; Height 52 in., 132.1 cm
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 18th June 1980, lot 277.
Linda Wrigglesworth, London.
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