California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 October 05, 2019  October 05, 2019

 Lot # 8251 
AN EMBROIDERED YELLOW SILK TWELVE DRAGON ROBE    明黃色彩雲金龍紋妝花緞龍袍


  • Dimension: Height: 53 2/8 in (135.0 cm) Length: 70 7/8 in (180.0 cm)
  • Estimate From: $3500
  • Estimate To: $5500

Embroidered with dragons surrounded by bats, cranes, and the Eight Daoist Emblems represented with various flowers including lotus and prunus, all above crashing waves and a lishui border.


此龍袍圓領,大襟右衽,馬蹄袖。明黃色芝麻紗袍身,醬色素綢裡襯,玄地海水雲龍紋領袖邊。袍面繡五爪金龍紋,前後身、左右肩及底襟繡金龍紋。龍紋間滿繡五色祥雲與紅色蝙蝠,以寓“洪福齊天”。下幅為海水江崖與八寶立水紋,寓意“一統山河”。海面除八寶外,還點綴如意紋。此袍做工規整精細,配色典雅沉穩,盡顯皇室的大氣高貴。