PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CALIFORNIA FAMILY A SILK KESI 'DRAGON' ROBE FRAGMENTGuangxu period Taken principally from the front of a robe and reconstructed as large rectangular panel, theposition dominated by three five-clawed dragons woven in gold-wrapped threads against a blue ground patterned with shaped trellis units enclosing wanzi also stitched in gold-wrapped threads, polychrome clouds, bats, cranes, beribboned bajixiang and flowers scattered throughout, all above a roiling sea with further blossoms, auspicious emblems and fish-dragons, and a wide panel of lishui stripes, bordered on all four sides by further fragments of the robe, framed and glazed. 52 1/4 x 32 7/8in (132.7 x 83.5cm) None