Description: Silk with multi-colored silk and gold brocade threads, pierced, woven application borders embroidered bands at the hems and embroidered silk sleeve bands, inside with silk lining, three fabric buttons and loops at the front
China, 1920s
This midnight blue silk Lady’s robe shows vivid embroidery decoration in rich colors. The embroideries depict floral arrangements and archaically rendered butterflies. The hems at the lower part, collar and sleeves are featuring a broad, floral band embroidered in blue hues and stitched with Buddhist symbols in gold brocade. Cream colored silk bands decorated with a nobleman in a boat amidst a picturesque landscape round off the sleeves.
Shape: Robe
Dimensions: Total width (measured with stretched out sleeves) 148 cm; maximum length 116 cm
Condition: Very good condition with only very few loose threads
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s
1920年前後石青緞花蝶紋女褂
品相極好,局部輕微脫綫
奧地利私人老收藏,上世紀三十年代至五十年代間購入