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A Chinese Embroidered Silk Ground Dragon Robe, Jifu, Mid-19th Century
silk ground robe

54 1/2 x 64 in, 138.4 x 162.6 x 0.2 cm

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave

PROVENANCE
Acquired by the present Private Collection's great aunt, Mabel Annie East, London, 1920s

This blue silk ground robe features nine large dragons (one hidden) amongst a multicoloured sky. Longevity bats, flaming pearls and clouds shaped like lingzhi fungus are depicted over a band of crashing waves filled with Buddhist treasures.

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