Please read full description and view all 12 pictures Amazing AUTHENTIC Antique Chinese Red 9 Dragon Robe Museum Historic Piece Original Theatrical Peking Opera Costume This is a REAL Opera Robe that was used by a Theater company in China during the Qing dynasty and after it fell by the Maoists SIGNED and STAMPED the Black Stamp says North… Theatrical Company” and then the Maoist Revolution happened and somehow the robe ended up in their hands and there is the RED STAMP that says “approval from the Revolution Army Committee with a RED STAR stamp Hand embroidered with pure silk floss on crimson red silk ground, bright colors pinks, lite blues, indigoes, greens, yellows, reds, oranges, magentas. And couched Gold Dragons, bats, the 8 buddhist symbols, fire, clouds, the universal ocean with rainbow waves, Peking Forbidden Knot chrysanthemums, flaming pearls of wisdom a super intriguing piece of history! A definite Museum RELIC Condition: This is an authentic piece NOT made for tourist market and WAS USED for decades and has MANY REPAIRS to it because it was used for the Chinese Opera There is loss of silk thread floss, discoloring, loose threads, fading, thread bare silk from theater movement, a tear in the back as shown in picture, lots of quilted sewing to try and preserve loss of silk in fabric from abrasions also shown in pics, quilting was used to conserve the thread-bare silk from theatre use, I try to show ALL types of repairs used in this garment it is AS IS BEAUTIFUL, LARGE and HEAVY, ORIGINAL and ONE OF A KIND Pure Silk outside robe with inside lining added at a later date, made from cotton? 9 Dragons– 4 in the front 2 on the shoulders and 3 in the back For the collector! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “Rare Antique Chinese Silk 9 Red Dragon Robe Embroidered Ching Qing Opera Theater” is in sale since Thursday, July 20, 2017. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Robes & Textiles”. The seller is “nightwind” and is located in West Haven, Connecticut. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Color: Red Ground
- Region of Origin: Chinese Ch’ing Qing Dynasty
- Primary Material: Silk
- Maker: Chinese Opera Theater
- Age: 1900-1940
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Type: 9 Dragon