Lot 8141. Uncut yardage for an embroidered blue silk ground dragon robe, jifu, Late Qing dynasty. Estimate US$ 2,000 - 3,000 (€1,800 - 2,700). 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