AN INDIGO BLUE SUMMER DRAGON ROBE, GUANGXU PERIOD

Silk gauze with multi-colored silk threads, with woven application borders and loops at the collar and front, five gilt copper buttons, inside lined with silk

China, Guangxu period (1874 – 1908)

This delicate silk gauze summer robe shows counted stitch embroidery with with gold-wrapped and bright silk threads with nine five-clawed dragons pursuing 'flaming pearls' amidst clouds, cranes, and auspicious emblems above crashing waves and lishui stripe.

Shape: Robe
Dimensions: Total width (measured with stretched out sleeves) 190 cm; maximum length 134,5 cm
Condition: Excellent condition with only very few loose threads
Provenance: Old German private collection

Auction result comparison: Sotheby’s, SATURDAY AT SOTHEBY'S: ASIAN ART, 24 MARCH 2018, New York, lot 1599 (for a near identical robe)

清光緒年間藍紗納雲龍紋單袍
提花綢緞，絲綢襯裏，五個鎏金銅釦
中國，光緒時期(1874-1908)
品相極好
德國私人老收藏