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A Chinese Cornflower blue Han Lady’s patterned damask silk jacket, Qing Dynasty, mid-19th century, the replaced cuffs re-embroidered with black silk satin thread, edged with ribbons and ruyi shaped collar and borders of cream silk embroidered with ladies in the heavenly gardens, 140cm cuff to cuff x hem to collar 91cm Provenance: From the collection of the author Mrs J.C. Cooper 1905 - 1999 (author of An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols and Taoism: The Way of the Mystic amongst other books). The daughter of a Director of the Chinese Inland Mission, she was born in northern China in 1905 and went to school in China and England before studying Philosophy at St Andrew’s University, Scotland. She became a lecturer in Philosophy, Comparative Religion and Symbolism. Her later years were spent as an author writing from her remote home in the Lake District. During her childhood travels, the family collected many Chinese artefacts including this group of costumes.清19世纪中期 天蓝地缎绣汉族女服拍品来源:J.C. Cooper女士(《传统纹样及道教》一书作者)私人收藏