AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINE GOLD THREAD 'EIGHT EMBLEMS' CEREMONIAL SURCOAT, MA GUA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY the waist-length garment opening in front with an overlap closing to the right, the rich gold-foiled satin ground meticulously worked and expertly embroidered in high relief gold-wrapped thread on the front and back with the 'Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism' (bajixiang) namely the Wheel of Law (fa lun) flanked by the Standard of Victory (san) and the Endless Knot (panchang), under the Twin fish (yu) set above the left sleeve and the Conch (luo) set above the right, the reverse centred with the Lotus (hehua), below the Vase (guan) and the Parasol (gai), all springing above foliate lotus bases borne on elaborate strapworks, some of the emblems picked out with silver wires, occasionally stained in green, and red silk threads, the interior with white silk lining from neck to hem width 152 cm., 59 7/8 in.; weight 4.72 kg.
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINE GOLD THREAD 'EIGHT EMBLEMS' CEREMONIAL SURCOAT, MA GUA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY the waist-length garment opening in front with an overlap closing to the right, the rich gold-foiled satin ground meticulously worked and expertly embroidered in high relief gold-wrapped thread on the front and back with the 'Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism' (bajixiang) namely the Wheel of Law (fa lun) flanked by the Standard of Victory (san) and the Endless Knot (panchang), under the Twin fish (yu) set above the left sleeve and the Conch (luo) set above the right, the reverse centred with the Lotus (hehua), below the Vase (guan) and the Parasol (gai), all springing above foliate lotus bases borne on elaborate strapworks, some of the emblems picked out with silver wires, occasionally stained in green, and red silk threads, the interior with white silk lining from neck to hem width 152 cm., 59 7/8 in.; weight 4.72 kg.
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