ID 432565
Lot 197 | A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK TWELVE SYMBOL 'DRAGON' ROBE
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
The robe is embroidered in coloured silks and gold threads with nine five-clawed dragons clutching or confronting flaming pearls on a dark blue ground interspersed with clouds, bats, shou characters, peaches and flowers. The Twelve Symbols of Imperial Authority are arranged in three groups of four: the sun, the moon, constellation and mountain around the neck; the fu symbol, axe, paired dragons, and golden pheasant around the body; and the pair of libation cups, aquatic grass, grains of millet and flames, above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem; with blue cuffs and collar decorated with further dragons and clouds.
56 ¾ in. (144 cm.) long
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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