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Chinese Chaofu Qing Dynasty formal dragon robe, the…
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Chinese Chaofu Qing Dynasty formal dragon robe, the midnight-blue summer weave silk worked in couched gold threads with a five-clawed front-facing dragon on the chest, back and shoulders, each encircling a flaming pearl among clouds, bats, ribboned precious objects and scattered peonies and lotus, in multi-coloured counted stitch, all above rock and waves, and a waist band with two confronted dragons at the front and back, the pleated skirt with twelve dragon roundels and a broad frieze of two pairs of confronted dragons chasing flaming pearls among clouds, bats and precious objects above foaming waves, the interior flap with an additional dragon and flaming pearl and another dragon roundel, height 133 cm x width 198 cm. Provenance: Judith Rutherford antique Chinese textiles, Sydney 23 August 2013, then private collection Sydney notes: The chaofu or attire of state is the most important of the ceremonial costumes of the Qing court. The two part construction consisted of a short side-fastening jacket attached to a pleated skirt derived from Ming styles of court dress, and adapted by the Manchu to include features of their equestrian heritage, such as the overlapping right front, narrow sleeves and horse-hoof cuffs, to protect hands in bad weather. Compare with a robe exhibited, draped in dragons, Chinese court costume, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 3 December 2003-2 May 2004, pp.7-8, Fig.3 a similar robe sold Christie's, south Kensington, 13 May 2011, lot 1012
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Oriental: Textiles & Costume