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CHINE DYNASTIE QING, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XIXe SIÈCLE

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CHINA QING DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY

Court dress (longpao) in blue silk
Embroidered with polychrome and gold threads of nine five-clawed dragons chasing pearls among clouds populated by bats, cranes and flowering baskets, above a band of lishui surmounted by tumultuous waves from which sacred peaks and precious objects emerge. Lined with pale blue silk.
H. 135 cm| W. 201 cm

PROVENANCE:
Brought back by a notary grandfather in Cochinchina in the early 20th century, then by descent