A RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW BROCADE SILK VEST, XIAPEI
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
A RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW BROCADE SILK VEST, XIAPEI Kangxi Period (1662-1722) Probably a theatrical vest for a military role, woven in shades of blue, red, green, yellow and gold-wrapped thread with four ascending five-clawed dragons above rocks and auspicious objects amidst crashing waves, the design repeated on the reverse with two ascending dragons beneath a third larger front-facing dragon, all reserved on an ochre-yellow ground and framed by green and red silk borders highlighted by gold-wrapped threads on either side of a thicker black velvet border with raised metal bosses, the lower portion with openwork mesh suspending colored tassels, the interior lined in pink silk 54 in. (137.4 cm.) long
A RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW BROCADE SILK VEST, XIAPEI
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
A RARE IMPERIAL YELLOW BROCADE SILK VEST, XIAPEI Kangxi Period (1662-1722) Probably a theatrical vest for a military role, woven in shades of blue, red, green, yellow and gold-wrapped thread with four ascending five-clawed dragons above rocks and auspicious objects amidst crashing waves, the design repeated on the reverse with two ascending dragons beneath a third larger front-facing dragon, all reserved on an ochre-yellow ground and framed by green and red silk borders highlighted by gold-wrapped threads on either side of a thicker black velvet border with raised metal bosses, the lower portion with openwork mesh suspending colored tassels, the interior lined in pink silk 54 in. (137.4 cm.) long
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