The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
A blue-ground 'dragon' robe, jifu
19th century Finely embroidered in couched gold thread and fine counted stitch with nine five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst five-colour clouds interspersed with bats and the Auspicious Emblems, above a wide terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe separated by billowing ruyi clouds, with similar decoration repeated on the border, collar and horsehoof cuffs, with midnight blue silk gauze sleeve extensions.229cm (90 1/8in) wide.
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十九世紀 藍地雲龍紋吉服袍Provenance: a private English collection;according to the owner acquired at Christie's South Kensington, circa 1980s來源:英國私人收藏據稱現藏家於二十世紀八十年代購自倫敦佳士得南肯辛頓