Lot 18
TIBETAN BLUE-GROUND SILK EMBROIDERED 'DRAGON' ROBE, CHUBA
THE SILK OF QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 15 May 2026 from 10:00 BST
£16,510
Description
清 藍地刺繡龍紋吉服袍後改藏袍
tailored from a Chinese informal robe, jifu, decorated with five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls surrounded by clouds and flames, all above a band of lishui on the lower border
Dimensions
179.5cm wide across sleeves
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh; acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s.
蘇格蘭私人收藏，愛丁堡；1980年代購自香港
Footnote
Compare to an imperial blackish-blue satin brocade robe, Chuba, that was tailored in Tibet from Chinese Kangxi-period dark-blue silk brocade, sold at Christie's New York, 24 Sep 2021, lot 1013.