Formal Kesi Robe, China, 18th/19th century, with five-clawed dragons chasing pearls, on a blue ground decorated with the "Eight Buddhist Treasures" and bats amidst stylized clouds, the waist with a lantern hung with auspicious Buddhist objects, horseshoe sleeves and neckline trimmed with further dragon motifs and brocade, a lishui border below, lg. 50 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-09-19
Kesi Formal Dragon Robe, China, 18th/19th century, woven with eight dragons chasing flaming pearls in gold thread, amidst ruyi -form clouds, bats, and the "Eight Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-03-19
Four Silk Textile Fragments and Two Purses, China, 19th century, fragment of a yellow kesi robe, woven with dragons in gilt thread inside wave and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-03-19
depicting nine five-claw dragons stitched in gilt-wrapped threads, with bats, ruyi clouds and the eight Buddhist emblems or bajixiang, centered with a canopy above a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-09-23
