A Manchu noblewoman's black silk ground embroidered surcoat, longgua
19th century
Displaying eight large roundels above a tall lishui border, each roundel featuring a five-clawed dragon and shou medallion in gilt-couched threads surrounded by brightly hued clouds, bats and auspicious symbols that repeat on smaller-scale roundels above a lishui border along the sleeve ends; later embroidered silk collar and neck band.
53 1/2in (136cm) long
Displaying eight large roundels above a tall lishui border, each roundel featuring a five-clawed dragon and shou medallion in gilt-couched threads surrounded by brightly hued clouds, bats and auspicious symbols that repeat on smaller-scale roundels above a lishui border along the sleeve ends; later embroidered silk collar and neck band.
53 1/2in (136cm) long
Sold for
US$ 12,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The four front-facing and four profile dragons, each with five claws suggest that the surcoat was made for an imperial consort. See Robert D Jacobsen, Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, 2000), Volume I, cat. no. 109, pp. 284-5.
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Textiles
Property from the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Property from the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Category: Asian Art
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