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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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EIGHT MISCELLANEOUS TRADITIONALLY BOUND NOVEL BOOKS, JAPAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY (8)
EIGHT MISCELLANEOUS TRADITIONALLY BOUND NOVEL BOOKS, JAPAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY (8)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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THE HUNDRED VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI BOOK, SIGNED HOKUSAI (1760-1849), JAPAN, EDO PERIOD
THE HUNDRED VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI BOOK, SIGNED HOKUSAI (1760-1849), JAPAN, EDO PERIOD
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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TWELVE WOODBLOCK PRINTS SIGNED KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY (12)
TWELVE WOODBLOCK PRINTS SIGNED KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY (12)
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
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THIRTEEN WOODBLOCK PRINTS SIGNED ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY (13)
THIRTEEN WOODBLOCK PRINTS SIGNED ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY (13)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500