CHINESE COUCHED GOLD THREAD EMBROIDERED DEEP BLUE SILK ROBE, QING DYNASTY (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
CHINESE COUCHED GOLD THREAD EMBROIDERED DEEP BLUE SILK ROBE, QING DYNASTY (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY) with applied trim to neck and sleeve bands, with a central dragon with raised appliqued eyes, all on a deep blue ground, lined in pale blue silk, with five gilt metal buttons - h:45 in.
Literature: For a similar robe, see: Valery Garrett, Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day, Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont, 2019, Fig. 121, p. 80. See p. 79 for a discussion regarding the correlation of toes on the dragon to societal rank.
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CHINESE COUCHED GOLD THREAD EMBROIDERED DEEP BLUE SILK ROBE, QING DYNASTY (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY) with applied trim to neck and sleeve bands, with a central dragon with raised appliqued eyes, all on a deep blue ground, lined in pale blue silk, with five gilt metal buttons - h:45 in.
Literature: For a similar robe, see: Valery Garrett, Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day, Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont, 2019, Fig. 121, p. 80. See p. 79 for a discussion regarding the correlation of toes on the dragon to societal rank.
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