A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK TWELVE SYMBOL 'DRAGON' ROBE

Lot 197
03.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
£ 6 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 197 | A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK TWELVE SYMBOL 'DRAGON' ROBE
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£ 6 000 – 8 000
A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK TWELVE SYMBOL 'DRAGON' ROBE

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

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