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couched in gold-wrapped threads with nine fi ve-clawed dragons, against a ground of dense clouds interspersed with bats and the ‘Eight Daoist Emblems,’ all surrounding a basket of peaches and narcissus, the sleeves and hem bordered by a lishui stripe below clouds, churning waves and terrestrial diagrams, the black collar band and cuff s decorated en suite, the sleeve extensions of midnightblue ribbed silk Length 56? in., 143.5 cm; Width 82 in., 208.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mrs. Willard Velie (1866-1961), Illinois, acquired in Beijing circa 1900, and thence by descent. Mrs. Velie was the granddaughter of the great American industrialist, John Deere (1804-1886).