Lot n° 143
Estimation :
800 - 1000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 5 200EUR
CHINA, late 19th CENTURY - Lot 143
CHINA, late 19th CENTURY
Midnight-blue silk dress embroidered with polychrome threads, decorated with nine flowery medallions, above foaming waves from which sacred peaks emerge, underlined by ruyi on the lower part and chevrons for the border, and the end of the sleeves.
L. 134 cm
(Some wear, notably to the neck)
Provenance
Presumed private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913).
Then by descent to the present owner.
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