Lot 143
An Embroidered Summer Gauze Court Robe, 19th/20th Century

Lot 143 Details
An Embroidered Summer Gauze Court Robe, 19th/20th Century
Finely embroidered on a black gauze ground, with couched metallic gold thread and tones of purple, blue, green, rose and red, with a fierce dragon amidst five colour clouds, bats, cranes and auspicious symbols over the body, and a banded dragon border around the waist, the skirt with dragon roundels above a vividly embroidered dragon and flame border. Together with an embroidered cape
robe 48.6 x 76.3 in — 123.5 x 193.8 cm
Estimate $2,500-$2,800
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