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, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, silk and metallic thread embroidery on satin, the reverse on top of the large roundel containing a pagoda are a red sun with a gold crow on the left and a white moon with a jade rabbit on the right, white cranes, symbols of immortality, are embroidered all over the robe and along the bottom border is a mixture of different mythical animals, including blue and red dragons, unicorns, dragonfish, and a tortoise entwined with a snake (xuanwu), a mythical creature that symbolizes the north in the Chinese cosmic system and the front of the robe, with two panels along its collar embroidered with the blue dragon (symbol of the east) and the white tiger (symbol of the west), approximately 196cm x 122cm Provenance: Property of an English collector, mainly buying in Portobello market, and various places in London, in the early 1950's and 1960's. 清18世纪 刺绣一品道袍 拍品来源:英国私人收藏,主要于上世纪50-60年代购自伦敦