A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE BROCADE 'DRAGON’ ROBE KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The midnight-blue ground is worked in gold-wrapped threads with nine dragons, some clutching and others chasing flaming pearls amidst ruyi -form clouds and flames, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe woven with supplemental silk floss, gold-wrapped threads, and gilt paper, and embellished with precious objects. 53 ½ in. (135.9 cm.) long; 61 in. (154.9 cm.) wide Provenance Kim Jongki (1911-1991) Collection, Korea, prior to 1930. Kim Haksoo (b. 1933) Collection, Korea, and thence by descent.
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE BROCADE 'DRAGON’ ROBE KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The midnight-blue ground is worked in gold-wrapped threads with nine dragons, some clutching and others chasing flaming pearls amidst ruyi -form clouds and flames, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe woven with supplemental silk floss, gold-wrapped threads, and gilt paper, and embellished with precious objects. 53 ½ in. (135.9 cm.) long; 61 in. (154.9 cm.) wide Provenance Kim Jongki (1911-1991) Collection, Korea, prior to 1930. Kim Haksoo (b. 1933) Collection, Korea, and thence by descent.
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