AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK DAOIST PRIEST ROBE, JIANGYI
LATE 19TH CENTURY
AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK DAOIST PRIEST ROBE, JIANGYI LATE 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with central opening at the front, the two front panels with blue figured silk worked with dragons, the back elaborately decorated with the Daoist diagram incorporating symbols of the sun and moon (cockerel and rabbit), the constellation, and the symbolic forms of the Five Sacred Mountains, all surrounded by cloud whorls, cranes, shou characters and other symbols of longevity, and worked into a fine fishnet pattern of metallic couched threads, all within borders incorporating dragons, cranes, and other mythical animals at the back and front sleeve openings, all worked in very fine couched gold and colored threads of burgundy, green, red, pale blue and pink, as well as gold leafed paper against a royal blue ground 54½ in. (138.3 cm.) long
AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK DAOIST PRIEST ROBE, JIANGYI
LATE 19TH CENTURY
AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK DAOIST PRIEST ROBE, JIANGYI LATE 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with central opening at the front, the two front panels with blue figured silk worked with dragons, the back elaborately decorated with the Daoist diagram incorporating symbols of the sun and moon (cockerel and rabbit), the constellation, and the symbolic forms of the Five Sacred Mountains, all surrounded by cloud whorls, cranes, shou characters and other symbols of longevity, and worked into a fine fishnet pattern of metallic couched threads, all within borders incorporating dragons, cranes, and other mythical animals at the back and front sleeve openings, all worked in very fine couched gold and colored threads of burgundy, green, red, pale blue and pink, as well as gold leafed paper against a royal blue ground 54½ in. (138.3 cm.) long
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