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CHINE — DYNASTIE QING, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XIXe SIÈCLE

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CHINE — DYNASTIE QING, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XIXe SIÈCLE
Red silk teenager's court dress (longpao), embroidered with polychrome and gold threads of eight five-clawed dragons chasing the pearl among clouds and precious objects above a band of lishui dotted with peonies and surmounted by tumultuous streams from which emerge sacred peaks and auspicious objects.
Lined with pale blue silk.
Dim. 93,5 x 153 cm
(Some threads pulled)

PROVENANCE
Bought by the grandmother of the present owner at an antiques sale at the Grand Hôtel des Wagons-Lits in Peking in 1912.