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Lot 255
Sale 1077 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Sep 23, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$8,125
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Lot Description
Two Brocade Woven Silk Lady's Vests
18TH-19TH CENTURY
清中期 织锦霞披两件
the first finely woven with metallic and polychrome threads to show phoenixes and dragons confronting in profile across the central closure to the front amid subsidiary puffs of clouds, the back in similar design, and the lower section with a turbulent waves crashing with floral sprays. Tailored with an elegant ruyi pendant collar and open sides, the hem with vibrant tassels. The second elegantly worked from gold and black fabric woven with repeating roundels, bordered at the collar, side and back vents with contrasting trim.
the first finely woven with metallic and polychrome threads to show phoenixes and dragons confronting in profile across the central closure to the front amid subsidiary puffs of clouds, the back in similar design, and the lower section with a turbulent waves crashing with floral sprays. Tailored with an elegant ruyi pendant collar and open sides, the hem with vibrant tassels. The second elegantly worked from gold and black fabric woven with repeating roundels, bordered at the collar, side and back vents with contrasting trim.
Length of larger from collar to hem 49 in., 124.5 cm.
Property from a Private Collector, Florida








