Silk gauze with multi-colored silk threads, with woven application borders and loops at the collar and front, one gilt copper button at the collar. China, late Qing dynasty

This delicate silk gauze Jiagua surcoat shows counted stitch embroidery with eight roundels, each with chrysanthemums and butterflies amidst a dense design of fruit, symbols and flowers. Each sleeve with three smaller roundels. The hem and edges of the sleeves are decorated with terrestrial diagrams rising from turbulent waves churning precious objects above clouds and lishui stripe.

Shape: Jiagua surcoat
Dimensions: Total width (measured with stretched out sleeves) 162 cm; maximum length 133 cm
Condition: Good condition with small holes, staining and wear. Few open stitches or loose threads.
Provenance: Austrian private collection
Literature comparison: Sotheby’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART: PROPERTY FROM THE NORMA CANELAS ROTH COLLECTION OF CHINESE ROBES, 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - 17 SEPTEMBER 2014, New York, lot 521 (for a Jiagua similar in style and age)

清代團花吉服褂

絲綢多色絲綫，兩肩和正面各有一
塊團花，圓領処一顆銅扣
中國，晚清

夾褂共有八塊團花，每一片裏都有
菊花和蝴蝶以及水果。袖口各有
三塊小團花。袖口和夾褂下擺裝
飾海水江崖紋。

形狀：夾褂
尺寸：縂寬度（展開袖子測
量）162厘米，最大長度133厘米
品相良好，有小洞、褪色及穿戴痕
跡。輕微脫綫。
奧地利私人收藏

文獻對比：佳士得The Imperial
Wardrobe: Fine Chinese Costume
and Textiles From The Linda
Wrigglesworth Collection，紐約
2008年3月19日，拍號93（相似敞
衣和年代）