Lot 445

IMPERIAL SILK EMBROIDERED 'DRAGON' ROBE (JI FU)
LATE QING DYNASTY




Auction: 4 June 2014 at 11:00 BST
£4,000
Description
embroidered with coloured silk and gold metallic thread with ten dragons, cranes, bats, flames and clouds against a blue ground, above multicoloured standing waves to the hem, the long narrowing sleeves with gilt embroidered bands and ending in horse hoof cuffs
Footnote
Note: Purchased in the 1940s at auction in New York



