AN EMBROIDERED DARK BLUE-GROUND SUIT OF CEREMONIAL ARMOR

Lot 854
20.09.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
$ 18 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1291424
Lot 854 | AN EMBROIDERED DARK BLUE-GROUND SUIT OF CEREMONIAL ARMOR
Estimate value
$ 18 000 – 25 000
AN EMBROIDERED DARK BLUE-GROUND SUIT OF CEREMONIAL ARMOR
LATE QING DYNASTY
The suit is worked on dark blue satin and decorated with circular and square brass bosses trimmed with black velvet. Each component is embroidered with dragon roundels in satin stitch and couched gold thread, with details highlighted in green peacock filament. The ensemble comprises a jacket, an apron, an apron panel, two epaulettes with gilt-metal plaques, two shaped armpit flaps, two rectangular abdominal flaps, a gilt-metal helmet with finial and an underhat.
Jacket: 82 5/8 in. (210 cm.) long; apron: 45 5/8 in. (116 cm.) long; helmet with finial: 29 7/8 in. (76 cm.) high




Provenance

Grant Antiques, San Francisco, 13 April 1991.
V. Stanulis, Torrington, Connecticut.
Joseph T Hajek (1936-2023), Winsted, Connecticut.
Mason Antiques, Connecticut.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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