10th Mar, 2022 10:00
DAY 1 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A RARE SILK EMBROIDERED CHESTNUT-GROUND CHILD’S DRAGON ROBE, JIFU, QING DYNASTY
清代栗色地兒童如意富貴龍紋吉服
Sold for €3,034
including Buyer's Premium
China, late 18th - late 19th century. Finely woven in silk and gold thread with eight four-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amid multi-colored clouds interspersed with bats, peonies, and Buddhist symbols, all above the terrestrial diagram, turbulent waves, and lishui stripe with peonies at the hem, the midnight blue-ground cuffs and collar bands worked with further dragons.
Provenance: From the collection of a lady of title in the United Kingdom.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few loose threads, and little soiling.
Dimensions: Length 99 cm, Width 151 cm
Expert’s note: The present robe is rare in that it appears to be based on official court clothing but was nevertheless made for a child, who would not have been permitted to attend court functions – except an Emperor himself in his minority, which would not have been the case before the mid-19th century. Compare a similar robe illustrated by M. Myers, Silks for Thrones and Altars, Blanchard, 2003, page 66, number 28, which the author describes as quasi-official, and suggests that it would have been worn at personal and seasonal celebrations within a family context. Such family occasions would mirror the court functions of the time, with the patriarch and matriarch viewed as emperor and empress within the family, and similar gradations of status conferred on family members and reflected in their apparel. This would achieve the sense of universal order and harmony within the family context which the emperor embodied on a larger scale for the nation. The close resemblance of a boy's dress to an adult's encourages the son to emulate the status and importance of the father.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related chestnut-ground silk gauze child’s robe, 92 cm long, dated to the Jiaqing period, at Bonhams New York in Chinese Paintings and Works of Art on 14 September 2015, lot 8091, bought-in at an estimate of USD 30,000-50,000. Compare a related chestnut-ground silk gauze child’s robe, 92.3 cm long and 154.8 cm wide, dated to the late 18th century, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 19 March 2009, lot 664, sold for USD 11,875 (approx. USD 15,565 today after inflation).
清代栗色地兒童如意富貴龍紋吉服
中國，十八世紀末至十九世紀末。圓領，大襟右衽，馬蹄袖端，雲龍雜寶領、襟邊和袖端。龍袍面為栗色地緙絲五爪彩雲金龍紋，間以八吉祥、蝙蝠、牡丹等紋樣，下擺江崖麗水紋。
來源：英國一位有爵位的女士的收藏 。
品相：狀況極好，輕微磨損，絲線鬆動，輕微污漬。
尺寸：長99 厘米，寬 151 厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件相近的嘉慶時期的栗色地兒童絲袍，長 92 厘米，見紐約邦翰思Chinese Paintings and Works of Art 2015年9月14日 lot 8091, 估價USD 30,000-50,000；比較一件相近的十八世紀末栗色地兒童絲袍，長92.3 厘米，寬154.8 厘米 ，見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 2009年3月19日 lot 664, 售價USD 11,875 (約現今USD 15,565)。
China, late 18th - late 19th century. Finely woven in silk and gold thread with eight four-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amid multi-colored clouds interspersed with bats, peonies, and Buddhist symbols, all above the terrestrial diagram, turbulent waves, and lishui stripe with peonies at the hem, the midnight blue-ground cuffs and collar bands worked with further dragons.
Provenance: From the collection of a lady of title in the United Kingdom.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few loose threads, and little soiling.
Dimensions: Length 99 cm, Width 151 cm
Expert’s note: The present robe is rare in that it appears to be based on official court clothing but was nevertheless made for a child, who would not have been permitted to attend court functions – except an Emperor himself in his minority, which would not have been the case before the mid-19th century. Compare a similar robe illustrated by M. Myers, Silks for Thrones and Altars, Blanchard, 2003, page 66, number 28, which the author describes as quasi-official, and suggests that it would have been worn at personal and seasonal celebrations within a family context. Such family occasions would mirror the court functions of the time, with the patriarch and matriarch viewed as emperor and empress within the family, and similar gradations of status conferred on family members and reflected in their apparel. This would achieve the sense of universal order and harmony within the family context which the emperor embodied on a larger scale for the nation. The close resemblance of a boy's dress to an adult's encourages the son to emulate the status and importance of the father.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related chestnut-ground silk gauze child’s robe, 92 cm long, dated to the Jiaqing period, at Bonhams New York in Chinese Paintings and Works of Art on 14 September 2015, lot 8091, bought-in at an estimate of USD 30,000-50,000. Compare a related chestnut-ground silk gauze child’s robe, 92.3 cm long and 154.8 cm wide, dated to the late 18th century, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 19 March 2009, lot 664, sold for USD 11,875 (approx. USD 15,565 today after inflation).
清代栗色地兒童如意富貴龍紋吉服
中國，十八世紀末至十九世紀末。圓領，大襟右衽，馬蹄袖端，雲龍雜寶領、襟邊和袖端。龍袍面為栗色地緙絲五爪彩雲金龍紋，間以八吉祥、蝙蝠、牡丹等紋樣，下擺江崖麗水紋。
來源：英國一位有爵位的女士的收藏 。
品相：狀況極好，輕微磨損，絲線鬆動，輕微污漬。
尺寸：長99 厘米，寬 151 厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件相近的嘉慶時期的栗色地兒童絲袍，長 92 厘米，見紐約邦翰思Chinese Paintings and Works of Art 2015年9月14日 lot 8091, 估價USD 30,000-50,000；比較一件相近的十八世紀末栗色地兒童絲袍，長92.3 厘米，寬154.8 厘米 ，見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 2009年3月19日 lot 664, 售價USD 11,875 (約現今USD 15,565)。
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