AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND VERY RARE EMBROIDERED SATIN AND PEARLWORK ‘TWELVE SYMBOL’ IMPERIAL COURT ROBE, JIFU QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD the rich yellow satin ground meticulously worked on the front and back with eight five-clawed dragons intricately and expertly embroidered with tens of thousands of minute seed pearls, the dragons depicted in pursuit of embroidered flaming pearls, amidst the 'Twelve Symbols of Imperial Authority': the sun, the moon, the mountains, the dragon, the pheasant, two goblets, pondweed, fire, rice, and axe, the stars and character ya hidden by the collar, all among multi-coloured cloud scrolls, and bats, some with sprigs of peonies in their mouths, above rolling and crashing waves above a lishui band, the lower arms left plain, the dark-blue satin horse-hoof cuffs and collar decorated with writhing dragons and bats above waves, with couched gold thread edgings, and patterned yellow silk lining from neck to hem 145 cm, 57 in.
AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND VERY RARE EMBROIDERED SATIN AND PEARLWORK ‘TWELVE SYMBOL’ IMPERIAL COURT ROBE, JIFU QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD the rich yellow satin ground meticulously worked on the front and back with eight five-clawed dragons intricately and expertly embroidered with tens of thousands of minute seed pearls, the dragons depicted in pursuit of embroidered flaming pearls, amidst the 'Twelve Symbols of Imperial Authority': the sun, the moon, the mountains, the dragon, the pheasant, two goblets, pondweed, fire, rice, and axe, the stars and character ya hidden by the collar, all among multi-coloured cloud scrolls, and bats, some with sprigs of peonies in their mouths, above rolling and crashing waves above a lishui band, the lower arms left plain, the dark-blue satin horse-hoof cuffs and collar decorated with writhing dragons and bats above waves, with couched gold thread edgings, and patterned yellow silk lining from neck to hem 145 cm, 57 in.
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