Broderad i creme, blå, vit och persikofärgat siden mot en lavendelblå grund. Fodrad en skarpt rosa ton. Längd arm till arm 125 cm. Höjd rygg 131 cm.
Slitage.
Purchased at Bukowskis S195, lot no 128.
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 Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 2, a part of the textile collection.
Compare with a robe like this in another colour, Christies, lot 1239. 18 MAY 2012 | Live auction 6074. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles.
Compare also a butterfly robe at Christies, lot 1399. 13 MAY 2011 | Live auction 6162. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles.