A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND 'DRAGON' ROBE, LONGPAO LATE 19TH CENTURY The vibrant blue ground is worked in couched gold threads and satin stitch on the front and back with five-clawed dragons interspersed with cranes, bats and Daoist Emblems, above the terrestrial diagram tossed with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and lishui stripe at the hem, all picked out in shades of blue, turquoise, purple, green and yellow, with matching black collar and cuffs worked with further matching dragons, and faintly corded sleeve extensions. 52 ¾ in. (133.8 cm.) long, 81 ½ in. (207 cm.) wide Provenance An American East Coast collection formed in the early 20th century.
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND 'DRAGON' ROBE, LONGPAO LATE 19TH CENTURY The vibrant blue ground is worked in couched gold threads and satin stitch on the front and back with five-clawed dragons interspersed with cranes, bats and Daoist Emblems, above the terrestrial diagram tossed with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and lishui stripe at the hem, all picked out in shades of blue, turquoise, purple, green and yellow, with matching black collar and cuffs worked with further matching dragons, and faintly corded sleeve extensions. 52 ¾ in. (133.8 cm.) long, 81 ½ in. (207 cm.) wide Provenance An American East Coast collection formed in the early 20th century.
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