A FINE EMBROIDERED MAGENTA SILK JACKET

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BEVERLEY JACKSON

细节

A FINE EMBROIDERED MAGENTA SILK JACKET
LATE 19TH CENTURY

Worked in satin stitch and couched gold thread with roundels of figures engaged in various activities, interspersed with various species of birds, mythical animals and flower sprays, picked out in dark blue, green, lavender, white and black thread, within white silk-embroidered borders, the cuffs finely worked with peacocks and parrots, and cranes on the reverse--41¼in. (104.6cm.) long

拍品专文

Compare a robe similar in decoration and style, embroidered on light purple silk, included in the exhibition, Five Colors of the Universe, Symbolism in clothes and fabrics of the Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), Edmonton Art Gallery, November 7, 1980-January 11, 1981, illustrated by John E. Vollmer in the Catalogue, p. 34

The imagery on this robe is based on Beijing opera characters