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AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period image 1
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AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period image 5
AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period image 6
AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period image 7
AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period image 8
AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period image 9
AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period image 10
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AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA
Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period

21 September 2020, 12:00 EDT
New York

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AN IMPERIAL BLUE SILK BROCADE WEAVE COURT ROBE AS A CHUBA

Late Kangxi/Yongzheng period
Cut primarily from a 17th/18th Century imperial court robe jifu, the front and back of the garment featuring two massive four-clawed dragons coiling around the shoulders and striding amid clouds and flaming pearls, above two smaller dragons on the front and back over rolling waves issuing auspicious imagery along the hem, the cuffs and collar in matching black silk with woven gold floral motifs.
56in (142cm) long

Footnotes

康熙晚期/雍正 御製藍綢繡金龍紋吉服袍後改藏袍

Fine Chinese silks--either as bolts of silk yardage or tailored items--were an important aspect of Chinese state diplomacy with Tibet and its other neighbors. Fine woven and embroidered robes originally produced for the imperial household were often re-tailored in Tibet to suit local styles and regional fashions. With a dramatic principle dragon on the front and back of the robe, this early Qing robe also embraces the aesthetics of the Late Ming dynasty. For more on Qing court robes and other textiles restyled in Tibet, see John Vollmer Silks for Throne and Altars, Chinese Costumes and Textiles, Myrna Myers, Paris, 2003.

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