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Lot *396
A WEDDING ROBE (AO) FOR A HAN CHINESE LADY
Estimated Value:
600 € - 1.000 €
Schätzpreis:
1.100 €
Description:
China, Qing dynasty, 19th ct.L. 97 cm, B.130 cm
Strong red silk satin embroidered with butterflies, peony blossoms and fruits in silk in graduated shades of blue. Border of blackish brown silk with matching patterns woven in. Sleeve bands of yellow silk satin embroidered with colored silk to match. Lining: yellow silk damask. Five ball buttons of white glass.
From the collection of Hermann Friedrich Ensinger (1872-1937)
Traces of use, partly slightly dirty
