A RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED YELLOW SILK TWELVE-SYMBOL DRAGON ROBE FOR AN EMPRESS, JIFU
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED YELLOW SILK TWELVE-SYMBOL DRAGON ROBE FOR AN EMPRESS, JIFU QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Worked in satin stitch in shades of blue, green, red and pale violet and couched gold threads on the front and back panels, with eight five-clawed dragons pursuing 'flaming pearls' amidst clusters of clouds interspersed with bats, the eight Buddhist emblems, auspicious motifs and the twelve symbols of imperial authority, all reserved on a rich imperial yellow ground above the terrestial diagram with lishui stripe at the hem, with dark blue-ground cuffs, collar and sleeve bands decorated with further dragons and clouds 56 in. (142.3 cm) long
A RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED YELLOW SILK TWELVE-SYMBOL DRAGON ROBE FOR AN EMPRESS, JIFU
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED YELLOW SILK TWELVE-SYMBOL DRAGON ROBE FOR AN EMPRESS, JIFU QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Worked in satin stitch in shades of blue, green, red and pale violet and couched gold threads on the front and back panels, with eight five-clawed dragons pursuing 'flaming pearls' amidst clusters of clouds interspersed with bats, the eight Buddhist emblems, auspicious motifs and the twelve symbols of imperial authority, all reserved on a rich imperial yellow ground above the terrestial diagram with lishui stripe at the hem, with dark blue-ground cuffs, collar and sleeve bands decorated with further dragons and clouds 56 in. (142.3 cm) long
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