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Lot 112

A CHINESE "IMPERIAL" BLUE SILK ROBE

with eight roundels worked in coloured silks and gilt thread with five-clawed dragons contesting flaming pearls amidst cloud-scrolls, the lower border with colourful stripes, branches of blossom, wave-scrolls, cloud-scrolls and branches of peach sprouting from stylised rockwork inhabited by bats, 132cm long

Duke’s reserve the right to request a 5% deposit of the hammer price to be paid within 24 hours of receipt of the invoice.
Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.

Some of the seams are becoming unstitched and others have been restitched. Light stating around the back of the neck and other patches where the silk has frayed particularly on the right shoulder. Otherwise, the garment is in good condition in view of its age and the nature of the material. 

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