Lot 8140. A Manchu nobleman's chestnut ground brocade-woven court robe, jifu, Qianlong-Jiajing period (1736-1820). Estimate US$ 10,000 - 15,000 (€9,000 - 14,000). Photo Bonhams.

Property from a Southern California Museum

Note: The brown background of the robe, known atqiuxiangse (tawny incense), was reserved for princes and other members of the imperial clan: see, for example, John Vollmer, Ruling from the Dragon Throne,2002, pp. 83-84 and fig. 4.3, an embroidered example from the Daoguang period

Bonhams. CHINESE, INDIAN, HIMALAYAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART AND PAINTINGS, 12:00 PDT, SAN FRANCISCO