A Chinese Han lady's red silk damask pleated skirt
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A Chinese Han lady's red silk damask pleated skirt, qun, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, bordered with silk embroidery, overall height approximately 99cm high including original cotton band and a Chinese woman's black silk damask skirt, overall height approximately 97cm high including original cotton band (2)Provenance: From the collection of the author Mrs J.C. Cooper 1905 - 1999 (author of An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols and Taoism: The Way of the Mystic amongst other books). The daughter of a Director of the Chinese Inland Mission, she was born in northern China in 1905 and went to school in China and England before studying Philosophy at St Andrew’s University, Scotland. She became a lecturer in Philosophy, Comparative Religion and Symbolism. Her later years were spent as an author writing from her remote home in the Lake District. During her childhood travels, the family collected many Chinese artefacts including this group of costumes.清19世纪 缎绣汉族女裙两件拍品来源:J.C. Cooper女士(《传统纹样及道教》一书作者)私人收藏
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some fading to damask and marks but generally good
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A Chinese Han lady's red silk damask pleated skirt
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