Sold for:
$3,250
$3,250
Lady's Semi-formal Surcoat, China, embroidered in satin stitch on dark blue silk with roundels depicting peonies, butterflies, plum blossoms, and pomegranates, with bats, ruyi scepters, coins, and other auspicious emblems floating in rolling waves above a lishui border along the hem. Provenance: a gift received by a missionary in the 1920s. minor stains, general wear
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-25