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• Auction House:
  Shapiro Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Fine Silver, Asian & Decorative Arts
• Sale Date:
  06 Dec 2016 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  49
• Lot Description:
  Chinese Blue Kesi Imperial Court Dragon Robe, Jifu, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
  finely woven in split-weave technique, depicting nine five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls above terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe, amidst ruyi-form clouds, auspicious emblems and bats, the collar and side with further …
• Provenance:
  Property of a Lady. Gift from the Dowager Cixi to Sarah J. Conger Nee Pike, wife of the American Ambassador in China, c. 1898-1905, thence by descent (by Repute)
• References:
  cf. for comparison Christies Imperial Sale; Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 29 May 2013, Hong Kong, Lot 2154. Robert D. Jacobson, Imperial Silks, Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, vol. 1, Minneapolis, 2000, no. 21
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Clothing & Dressing Accessories

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