Chinese Dragon Robe, 19th Century

A Chinese blue gauze ceremonial dragon robe, 'Jifu', 19th…
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A Chinese blue gauze ceremonial dragon robe, 'Jifu', 19th century. Embroidered with nine gold crouched dragons chasing the 'flaming pearl' amongst a dense ground of scrolling clouds, together with other cosmic symbols all against a vivid deep blue ground, 140 x 220 cm. For a similar example: see Hong Kong Museum of Art, Heaven's Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, Hong Kong: 1995, pl.74, p.240. Also see Teresa Coleman Fine Arts, Dragons and Silk From The Forbidden City: Antique silk textiles and Costume from the Imperial Court of China, p.3. Provenance: Melbourne private collection. Purchased from Teresa Coleman Fine Art Ltd. in 1993 (with original receipt), ' Dragons and Silk From The Forbidden City: Antique silk textiles and Costume from the Imperial Court of China', Ltd.

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