A Navy Blue Ground Cut Velvet, Embroidered Silk and Fur-Lined Lady's Robe

19TH CENTURY

清晚期藍漳绒牡丹紋黄鼠皮裏女大氅
centrally organized with open side vents and toggle closure bordered with black satin trim embroidered with blue flowers and gilt scrolls running continuously across the hem, further detailed with a narrow ribbon outline against the richly toned fabric cut with a repeating pattern of peonies and bats. The wide cuffs of golden yellow cut with 'double happiness' characters against botanical ground bordered with a narrowed trim as the hem; the whole lined with tawny fitch pelts extending at the collar as a hood.

Length from collar to hem 39 1/2 x width across chest 25 1/2 in., 100 x 65 cm.

In overall good stable condition, with some loose threads and losses to gilt regions at trim, free of odor. The pelts intact, with no apparent shedding.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art

A Navy Blue Ground Cut Velvet, Embroidered Silk and Fur-Lined Lady's Robe

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