Sold for:
$1,968
$1,968
Blue Silk Formal Embroidered Dragon Robe, China, 19th/20th century, embroidered with nine dragons chasing flaming pearls on the front and back, sleeves and on the underflap, all amidst stylized clouds interspersed with shou symbols and the "Eight Buddhist Treasures", above cresting waves, clouds and a lishui border, trimmed with smaller dragons chasing pearls at the neck and sides, all couched in gold, silver, and copper thread, the straight sleeves with dragons, phoenixes, and shou characters, lg. 44 1/2 in. Provenance: Purchased in China in the 1910s.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-03-19
