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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Elegant Embellishments Featuring the Hsiao Family collection
• Sale Date:
  08 Aug 2021 ~ 2pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  79
• Lot Description:
  A Blue-Ground 'Baoxianghua' Silk Gauze For Informal Robe, Changfu
  19th century
  approx. 8m long, 80cm wide
• Provenance:
  Sir Francis Aglen; thence by descent; Judith Rutherford Antique Chinese Textiles, Sydney, acquired from the above on 3 September 2006; Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above, 18 January 2016
• Notes:
  Sir Francis Aglen was an Inspector General, head of the Chinese Maritime Customs in Beijing in the early 1900's. Complete length of blue silk gauze were intended to be made into changfu, informal robes, in which the only requirement according to the Manchu regulations is the 'horse hoof' cuffs. This uncut example has the large swirling medallions and the smaller ones at one end specifically for such cuffs.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Oriental

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