Asian Art II - 18th November 2010

Lot 575

A Chinese red silk robe

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £800

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Description

A Chinese red silk robe, 19th / 20th century. Embroidered with dragons amidst cloud scrolls, stains and damages, 174cm wide. Provenance: ex. Leighton collection, thence by descent. Leighton was part of the British Legation in Tientsin in the 1920s.