A CORAL-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGON' ROBE (JIFU) QING DY...

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£2,600

A CORAL-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGON' ROBE (JIFU)
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
刺绣海水龙纹吉服 清 19世纪
the silk couched in gold-wrapped threads with eight five-clawed dragons surrounded by brightly coloured ruyi clouds, bats, babao, birds and flaming pearls, all above lishui stripes and crashing waves, lined with pale blue silk
112cm high, 175cm wide 

PROVENANCE: From the Kee Ming Yuet Collection.

NOTE: For a similar robe sold at auction see; Sotheby's New York, 18th Mar 2017, lot 1213, Provenance - Linda Wrigglesworth, London 2007.

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The robe has faded unevenly throughout with resulting colour variations. Several pulled threads in places and signs of wear consistent with age and use. Also, some of the joint stitching is a little pulled in places.