A RARE DATED SILK GAUZE EMBROIDERY WITH DRAGONS AND INSCRIPTIONS

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500 € - 800 €

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China, Daoguang period, dated 1843
L. 167 cm, B. 37,5 cm
Dark blue silk gauze (horizontal stripes leno weave alternating with six wefts plain weave), embroidered on both sides with colored leno silk in satin stitch. Sewn together from two pieces. Remnants of a border at the sides. On each side a rising large dragon with four claws, striving between clouds for a flam ing pearl. On the side a dedication of Li Hui and dated according to the lunar calendar to the first day of the fifth month of the year Guimao (1843) of the Daoguang period
Max Müller (1867-1960), German consul in Hankow, collected in China between 1905 and 1912. By descent to his daughter Irmgard Müller Doertenbach (1909-2011), sold by her at Nagel, 14.10, 1991, Lot 2261
Compare: Dragon, 16th century: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 36.65.33; imperial hanging with dragon and inscription: Robert D. Jacob sen: Imperial Silks, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2000: p. 960, no. 476 - Whether this two fragments stem from a robe or a hanging cannot be determined with certainty, the colors slightly faded, each cut at the lower part, minor repairs

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