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A COURT BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK DRAGON ROBE, CHI-FU, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The intense blue silk tone ground with nine couched five-clawed dragons, pursuing the flaming pearl, worked in couched gilt thread and coloured satin stitch embroidering bats, double gourd vases and beribboned Taoist emblems amidst ruyi-form clouds, all around a central double fish and bat pendant. The hem with the central terrestrial diagram and lishui stripes compressed by a rich band of wind-tossed waves. The collar embroidered with a multi clouds and bats scroll border with figures of dragons pursuing the flaming pearl. The sleeves with a terrestrial diagram and wind-tossed waves embroidered border, the cuffs with the same motif of the collar. Lined in vivid blue tone silk. In very good condition, very minor discolouring and wears in the silk linen and on the internal flap, the cuffs in good conditions.
214 cm wide, 137 cm high
214 cm wide, 137 cm high
ESTIMATE € 1.500 - 2.000
Provenance: from the descendants of a Tuscan Family
LOTS
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THREE SMALL FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ROUND BOX AND COVER, CHINA, REPUBLIC PERIOD (3)
THREE SMALL FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ROUND BOX AND COVER, CHINA, REPUBLIC PERIOD (3)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN YELLOW GROUND FISH BOWL, CHINA, 19TH -20TH CENTURY
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN YELLOW GROUND FISH BOWL, CHINA, 19TH -20TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1.200
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A TRANSPARENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE WITH RELIEF DECORATION, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY
A TRANSPARENT GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE WITH RELIEF DECORATION, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500