A Jade Green Ground Kesi Silk Lady's Robe, Cheongsam

KESI SILK: GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)

孔雀綠地緙絲蝶戀花旗袍
袍料：清光緒
the cloth intricately woven of silk floss threads in an attractive palette of pinks, coral, yellow, and blue against a jade green ground to show pairs of wide winged butterflies and bats in flight amidst blossoming sprays of peony, narcissus, and lotus, detailed with lingzhi stems and plump peached, tailored as a closefitting robe with wide sleeves, with toggle closure of the same silk running from the high collar down the side opening., the opposite side with a pocket. Lightly padded and lined in bright magenta.

Length from collar to hem 50 1/2 in. x width across chest 18 1/2 in., 128.4 x 47 cm.

Please refer to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, acc. no. 42.8.67 for an example of robe tailored from a very similar silk.

The structural integrity in stable condition. The weaving in generally good stable condition, with some splitting and modeling, particularly at sites of joins. Splitting to a folding crease to the top right shoulder, alongside several other minor holes.

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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.

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A Jade Green Ground Kesi Silk Lady's Robe, Cheongsam

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