Antique Chinese textile, a fragment of an Imperial robe with 5 claw dragons and sacrificial cups, longpao, hand embroidered silk and couching of gold metal threads on yellow silk, notes of interest are: the foliate claws, the amount of space devoted to rolling water with auspicious symbols and deep water designs, the mountains are drawn and executed in a very unusual way that I can not find another example of, hand woven in China 19thC, stylistically, it would fall into the first half of the 19thC, soiling, loose and abraded threads, color fading, the approximate size at the widest areas is 25 inches x 26.5 inches, #JR-02. Oriental Rugs and Tribal Arts. The item “Antique Chinese yellow silk Imperial robe fragment 5 toe dragon sacrificial cups” is in sale since Thursday, October 11, 2018. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Robes & Textiles”. The seller is “allanarthurantiques” and is located in Eustis, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Color: Yellow
- Featured Refinements: Antique Chinese Silk
- Type: Robe
- Maker: qing dynasty
- Age: 1800-1849
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- Primary Material: Silk & Fabric
- Region of Origin: China