AN EXTREMELY RARE EMBROIDERED WOMAN'S COURT WAISTCOAT, XIAPEI 18TH-19TH CENTURY The dark blue silk ground is worked in couched gold threads and satin stitch with a pair of four-clawed profile dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls on the front, and a front-facing dragon on the back, all amidst clouds, bats and various precious objects above the terrestrial diagram, the lishui stripe, and a border of prunus blossoms and butterflies, all surrounding applied rank badges similarly worked with a paradise flycatcher. 43 ¾ x 43 ¼ in. (111.1 x 109.9 cm.)
AN EXTREMELY RARE EMBROIDERED WOMAN'S COURT WAISTCOAT, XIAPEI 18TH-19TH CENTURY The dark blue silk ground is worked in couched gold threads and satin stitch with a pair of four-clawed profile dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls on the front, and a front-facing dragon on the back, all amidst clouds, bats and various precious objects above the terrestrial diagram, the lishui stripe, and a border of prunus blossoms and butterflies, all surrounding applied rank badges similarly worked with a paradise flycatcher. 43 ¾ x 43 ¼ in. (111.1 x 109.9 cm.)
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