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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  International Decorative Arts
• Sale Date:
  17 Apr 2016 ~ 4pm - Session 1 - Lots 1 - 94
  18 Apr 2016 ~ 10.30am - Session 2 - Lots 95 – 673
  19 Apr 2016 ~ 10.30am - Session 3 - Lots 674 – 1236
• Lot #:
  169
• Lot Description:
  A Chinese blue gauze ceremonial dragon robe, 'Jifu', 19th century,
  Embroidered with nine gold crouched dragons chasing the 'flaming pearl' amongst a dense ground of scrolling clouds, together with other cosmic symbols all against a vivid deep blue ground
  140 x 220 cm
• Provenance:
  Melbourne private collection; Purchased from Teresa Coleman Fine Art Ltd. in 1993 (with original receipt)
• Exhibited:
  For a similar example: see Hong Kong Museum of Art, Heaven's Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, Hong Kong: 1995, pl.74, p.240. Also see Teresa Coleman Fine Arts, Dragons and Silk From The Forbidden City: Antique silk textiles and Costume from the Imperial Court of China, p.3.
• Estimate:
  A$800 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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