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• Auction House:
  Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
• Sale Name:
  The Winter Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  22 Aug 2021 ~ 11am (AEST)
• Lot #:
  324
• Lot Description:
  An embroidered brown silk-ground 'dragon' robe Qing dynasty, early 19th century
  the semi-formal court robe, Jifu, worked in couched gold wrapped thread, satin stitch and Peking knot, with nine rampant five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls among red bats, multi-coloured ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls and 'Auspicious emblems', all above turbulent waves crashing on rocks strewn with red-bloomed peony sprays, and with triangular lishui striped borders at the corners, the decoration repeated in the borders around the neck and chest and the horse-hoof cuffs with butterflies, floral sprigs and the bajixiang emblems on a black ground
  147 cm long, 188 cm wide
• Provenance:
  Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 29 July 2014, lot 123; Private Collection, Melbourne
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 50,000
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Oriental

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