DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. Finely woven with eight gold-thread dragons chasing flaming pearls and surrounded by scrolling clouds, flying cranes and bats, and auspicious symbols above crashing waves and lishui stripe, repeated at the sleeves, with gilt metal buttons, gold-striped sleeve extensions, the matching black-ground collar and horse-hoof cuffs with gold-thread lotus scrolls.Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Ferdinand and Dr. Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky, and thence by descent in the same family. The couple, who had both been practicing law, met in 1967 through their mutual passion for art. Together they built a substantial and diverse art collection over many decades, one of their first works of Asian art being a painting of Guan Yu, received as payment for legal services, from the prominent Styrian brewer Sigurd Reininghaus.Condition: Extensive wear, several tears and losses, few loose threads, some soiling and creasing, minor repairs.Dimensions: Length 140 cmAuction result comparison: Compare with a closely related kesi dragon robe, dated to the Qianlong period, at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 8 October 2008, lot 2677, sold for HKD 150,000.清代藍地緙絲龍紋吉服 中國,十八至十九世紀。龍袍用五彩絲線共繡五爪正面金龍八條,周身點綴五彩流雲及萬字、蝙蝠、寳扇、如意、瓶、靈芝等雜寶紋。龍袍所繡花紋運用了等多種針法。海水層次豐富,帶有鍍金金屬鈕扣,金色條紋的袖子延長線, 黑色底領和馬蹄形袖口,配以金線荷葉卷。 來源:來自Ferdinand博士和Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovsky博士的收藏,自此在同一個家族世襲。 這對夫妻倆都一直在從事法律工作,由於對藝術的共同熱情在1967年相識。 數十年來他們共同建立了豐富多樣的藝術收藏,他們的第一批亞洲藝術作品是關於關羽的一幅畫,這是從著名Sigurd Reininghaus啤酒廠獲得的法律服務費用。 圖片:Ferdinand 與Gudrun Thaler-Szulyovszky 品相:大量磨損,幾處撕裂和缺損失,幾根絲綫鬆動,一些污跡和摺痕,有修補。 尺寸:長140 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一件相近的乾隆時期緙絲龍袍見香港蘇富比 Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 拍場2008年10月 8日 lot 2677, 售價HKD 150,000.