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A yellow Kesi robe of state, Chaopao woven predominantly in…
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Melbourne
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27-Oct-2009
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A yellow Kesi robe of state, Chaopao woven predominantly in shades of blue, green, pink, red, and gold with four five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds on the upper part, above the waist band with pairs of confronted dragons, the skirt front and back with nine dragon medallions above a frieze of three further dragons over a narrow band of rocks and waves and lishui stripe, and interspersed overall with the symbols of Imperial authority, the border with scrolls and wan symbols on a dark blue ground and the cuffs and separate collar with further dragons on a dark blue ground, the robe. Length 144 cm by. Width 213 cm, the collar. Length 90 cm by. Width 28.5 cm. Catalogue note Compare with an embroidered yellow gauze summer robe of state, 19th century, illustrated by Terry Milhaupt, the Chinese Textile and costume collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, fig. 7, p.115, Chinese and Central Asian Textiles, Orientations 1983-1997
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Oriental: Textiles & Costume