1 septembre 2011
A rare imperial blue-ground kesi surcoat (jiagua); Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
A rare imperial blue-ground kesi surcoat (jiagua). Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Photo Sotheby's the front-opening surcoat woven on the front and back with eight symmetrically placed dragon medallions, four forefacing and four in profile, each worked...