£525
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
清末民初 墨地刺繡鳳凰牡丹紋對襟外套
worked in Peking knot with blooming peonies, potted flowers, phoenixes, melons, auspicious symbols, and bats against the black silk ground, the sleeves ended with ivory-ground butterflies and peonies decorated wide bands, lined in blue silk damask patterned with repeated small motifs
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired in Beijing in 1981