Lot 199

I excellent condition with light staining to interior silk, the interior silk to cuffs and hem with water marks from wear, the embroidery in excellent condition, please see images attached.


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The gunfu was a surcoat traditionally worn by the emperor over his court robe. It is usually midnight blue and knee length so that the court robe could be seen below the hemline. The Qing dynasty regulations stipulated its use for ceremonial occasions, though imperial portraits frequently depict the ruler with this overgarment.
Reference: For very similar, please refer to the Gunfu in the Imperial Robes Collection, from the Forbidden City, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, as illustrated in Ming Wilson's, Imperial Chinese Robes From the Forbidden City, No. 5, p28; an Imperial Consort's version of the same, originally from a Private Australian Collection, Christie's from the Linda Wrigglesworth Collection, New York, 19 March, 2008, Lot 12