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A female silk robe/over coat for winter, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

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8 000 - 12 000 SEK
771 - 1 160 EUR
884 - 1 330 USD
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For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A female silk robe/over coat for winter, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Turquoise pattern weaved silk brocade decorated with butterflies, roundels and cloud formations. Black trim with phoenix birds. Length back 89 cm. Length arm to arm 158 cm.

Wear.

Provenance

Purchased at Christies, 15 October 1996, lot no 61.

Property of a private Finnish Collection.

The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being a part of the textile collection.

Exhibitions

Compare a jacket of this type in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Frank D. Scott, 1967
Accession Number: 1967-11-3.