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A purple-ground 'floral' informal overcoat, magua Late Qing dynasty image 1
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Lot 71

A purple-ground 'floral' informal overcoat, magua
Late Qing dynasty

2 April 2025, 16:00 AEDT
Sydney

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A purple-ground 'floral' informal overcoat, magua

Late Qing dynasty
for a Han woman, 80.0cm long, 127.0cm wide

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晚清 紫地通銷金葵花紋雲肩鑲雲頭如意絛邊大襟馬褂 湖藍仕女雲頭如意雲肩、縧邊,黃緞富貴孔雀紋挽袖

滿人初進關時,馬褂只限於八旗士兵穿用,直到康熙雍正年間,才開始在社會上流行,以後逐漸成為一種便服,清末時著於長袍長衫之外。流行之盛,滿漢男女皆穿。此大襟馬褂,因其云肩廣袖,及挽綉風格,更接近漢族服飾。

此件馬褂的金葵花紋樣似乎與《皇朝禮器圖式》中祭祀武舞生袍相同,不過按制並無紫色。祭祀武舞生袍圖繪,見Victoria and Albert Museum,acc.no.D.229-1904.

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