Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th century Chinese woman's silk robe embroidered with four season flowers & butterflies on a smooth heavy weight mid-night blue silk ground, sleeves bands and trims are embroidered with flowers and butterflies; inside backed with light blue silk damask lining. The robe is in very good condition, lots of bright embroideries. Very minor loss to embroideries, minor wear to the trims on the bottom, lightly soiled on blue lining around the neck area...

Designed for travel, this old Chinese wooden hat stand comes apart to fit flat. Ethnographic item from the Qing dynasty, it has a good sculptural quality and is also good way to display your antique Chinese hat.

Up for sale is a framed Chinese wall hanging with a total of 50 children playing, very intricate embroidery executed in Chinese weaving Kesi / Kossu with some painted details; very fine & intricate. Measurements : Frame 10 in x 28.5 in , weaving 4" x 20"; Excellent condition, vibrant colors.

Up for sale is a rare antique Chinese rank badge taken from an imperial family member's surcoat, 19th century Qing dynasty embroidered with a 5-claw dragon, clouds, bats,seawaves, buddhist auspicious symbols against a black silk ground; very intricate embroideries ! Measurements : Oval shape V=11", H =10" Overall, it is in excellent condition, vibrant silk floss embroideries, no tear or wear. See pictures for details. Please ask if you have any questions

Qing dynasty imperial Duke's brown dragon robe fragment, 19th century, executed with counted stitch embroidery, 4 profile dragons worked with couched gold threads, surrounded by clouds, cranes, bats, and other auspicious Chinese symbols above the sea waves, rocks, and standing water / Lishui. Panel is backed with blue linen. Excellent condition. Measurements: 41" x 65"

These antique Chinese hat stands are carved from an unknown wood. Their interlocking parts can be separated easily, so they may have been designed for traveling. They can be sold separately or in groups and used to "show off" your hat collection or as interesting artifacts of Qing dynasty culture.

The hat stand on the left side comes apart into 2 pieces and stands 11" high.

The stand on the right also comes apart into 3 sections with 2 pieces in each section. This stand is 12" tall.

Up for sale is a very large antique chinese purple ground brocaded with lotus, vines, and butterfly, executed in gold-wrapped thread ( Look silver from pictures ) silk tapestry, there is a seam in the middle; backed with light orange silk brocade with cloud pattern. Overall in very good condition. Please ask if yo uhave any question or need a close-up pictures. Measurements: 52.5" x 81" ( 133cm x 207cm ).

This is an antique, elegant, black lacquered Burgaute snuff bottle of rectangular tapering towards the base hexagonal faceted shape, with flat footing and a round neck. Beautifully decorated with mother-of-pearl and gold inlays of flowers and geometrical forms. Spectacular detail...

Up for sale is a single Chinese robe's sleeve band, very intricate embroidery executed in Pekinese stitch, very find & intricate. Measurements : Approx 7 in x 42 in overall, 3-1/4" x 19" Embroidered area. Excellent condition, vibrant colors.

Up for sale is an antique Chinese monochrome silk rank badge, woven with an egret, together with bats, Buddhist & Taoist auspicious objects, seawaves, sun disc, and cloud patterns; it meant to be wore on the back of a Mandarin official's surcoat; intricate weaving! Brocaded border was added later. Measurements : 12" x 12" badge only Overall, it is in very good condition, See pictures for details. Please ask if you have questions before bidding.

This traditional Chinese woman's headband was made and worn during the Qing Dynasty toward the end of the 19th century. It has an applique embroidered butterfly on each end and a large full kingfisher feathered medallion in the center. The lotus shaped kingfisher is 4 inches x 2 inches. The entire headband in 16 inches in length.

Up for sale is an antique chinese Qing dynasty military rank badge from the back of the surcoat, first half of 1800, a leopard represents the 3rd rank military official, standing on a pride rock above the sea waves, surrounded by different kind of auspicious objects; backded with light blue silk lining. Overall executed in seed or forbidden stitch; overall in good condition, minor wear and lost thread to the border. See pictures for details.

Up for sale is a very large tapestry made out of a Qing dynasty court official's blue dragon robe, 19th century, executed in Chinese forbidden & satin stitch embroidery, 2 front-facing & 4 profile dragons surrounded by colored clouds, bats, and other Buddhist & Taoist auspicious symbols above the sea waves, rocks, and standing water / Lishui. Panel is backed with light blue silk. Measurement : 64" x 53". Very fine embroidery in excellent condition, no wear or tear.

Beautiful Chinese antique court lady's skirt, made all of different colored silk, all folded and sewn into tiny pleats, edges embroidered with scenes of birds and flowers, two larger panels have applied rectangles of silk minutely embroidered with birds and tiny bats and a design in gold thread. circa 1900. Size (when spread out): 74" wide x 37" high (skirt length).

A beautiful Chinese silk rug (6' x 9'); the yellow field bearing a central medallion of a front-facing dragon with four side-facing dragons in each corner, all on a stylized linked flower head ground, the border with stylized lotus, peony and other flowers of good fortune.

This is an old hand woven carpet in great quality. The whitish areas shown in some photos are reflections of light on the silk. The five claws dragons are woven on a brown metal background (gilt copper)...

Up for auction is an extra large antique Chinese Qing dynasty Duke's brown dragon robe embroidered with nine 5-claw dragons, clouds, buddhist auspicious symbols executed in Forbidden stitch or Peking knots, peonies & bats on beautiful hurricane seawaves; backed with light blue silk lining. Overal in very good condition and consistent with age. Height is 58" from collar to hem, width across shoulders is 91".

This is a traditional Qing Dynasty woman's skirt. Chines skirts during this time period were made in 2 sections which were "buttoned" together with "frogs" The skirt was then wrapped around the hips so that the flat sections were displayed at at the front and back....the pleated sections were at draped the sides... The background fabric of this skirt is an unusually fine jacquard silk but the pattern of the jacquard does not show in the pics....the pleated sections of the skirt and also meti...

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th century Han Chinese woman's robe, and embroidered sleeve bands executed in seed stitch; 5 toggle-loop gilt buttons. The robe is in excellent condition, no fray or wear, shoulder lines have no wear or split, Except there is a very tiny hole in the front left. Measurements : Top collar to bottom hem 36", Sleeve to sleeve 65" when fully stretched, sleeve width 20", width between arm pits 25" narrowest, width of hem 36" widest.

See Item # 1347795

Up for sale is an antique Chinese civil rank badge, Mandarin duck,1830's, with 5 bats, buddhist auspicious symbols above the seawaves, peonies, peaches and clouds; executed in forbidden stitch and couched gold wrapped threads. Very good condition. Measurements : 11-1/4" x 12"

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A Large and Rare Chinese Embroidered 4 Dragon Panel: China, Qing period, 19th Century This is very unusual large embroidered panel with 5 clawed 4 golden dragons, well-woven dark blue satin ground embroidered with gilt-wrapped threads that form the four golden dragons and a flaming pearl surrounded by cloud scrolls, auspicious emblems and unusual flower heads worked in brightly colored silk threads above a very dense three tier lishui and waves with flower heads border, its backing is a d...

Beautiful Chinese short silk robe for a lady, made of iridescent blue and purple silk woven with design of auspicious objects and swirling clouds. Applied edging of extremely intricate embroidered scenes noble men and ladies in a garden pavilion setting engaged in leisurely outdoor pursuits like fishing and flower gazing. This silk edging is ornately cut and edged with black silk piping and tiny rows of forbidden stitch. Four metal buttons and decorative silk ribbon work...

Blue silk chair cover, embroidered with a Phoenix, a Buddhist Lion, a cloud and a lemon in gold thread. Chinese work from the Qing period 19th century or before. Many disjointed gold threads but complete. A strip at the top cut should be missing 2 centimeters. 51x166cm

Up for sale is an antique chinese Qing dynasty Mandarin's rank badge from the front of the surcoat, first half of 1800, a Peacock represents the 3rd rank civil official, standing on a pride rock above the sea waves, surrounded by different kind of auspicious objects, all executed in seed or forbidden stitch; excellent condition, with original vibrant colors !

Up for sale is a rare antique Chinese silk rank badge, early 1800's, embroidered with a paradise flycatcher bird, bats, peonies, peaches, seawaves, sun disc, colored cloud patterns, buddhist auspicious symbols against a dark blue silk ground; meant to be wore on the back of a Mandarin official's surcoat; intricate embroideries ! Backed with light blue silk lining. Measurements : 12" x 12.5" Overall, it is in very good condition, vibrant silk floss embroideries, no tear or wear...

A beautiful mid 19th C. Chinese silk embroidery lady's robe. With some normal wear & frays please see the photos. Overall in it's good condition. W:54"xH:35" $

This is a Chinese antique brocade dragon costume of blue and gold satin silk, which draws five nail dragons on the front and back featuring Chinese treasure, longevity sign. In a very good condition No stain, no damage, yarn is not loose. Almost perfect condition. This was brought to Japan in the Qing Dynasty era. It was rarely used c1890. Height about 129 cm Width of a garment - From sleeves to sleeves 199 cm (78.3 "50.7").

Up for sale is an antique Tibetan monastic dance robe consists of several type of silk satin brocaded with multicolored silks and gold wrapped threads, made put of Chinese silks dating from early to late Qing dynasty...

There have been decorative textiles sewn into squares or rectangular shapes since the Edo period in Japan. The small squares are made for tea ceremonies; the medium to larger sized ones (called fukusa) are used to cover seasonal and ceremonial gifts. This old Chinese panel was acquired in Japan mixing into our fukusa collection.

A dragon and phoenix together symbolize the emperor and empress in China...

Beautiful antique Chinese rank badge. Silk embroidered with bats and clouds and a Kirin on a rock surrounded by waves and flowers. Details in gold threat. Age: 19th century. Size: 12"L x 11"H

Finely worked in satin stich in highest Imperial quality, in different colours with five bats and sound stones . These stand for the five blessings : old age, wealth, health, goodness and natural death. This work of the Imperial Qianlong workshops is most probably a part of an Imperial Qianlong throne cushion cover, later bordered with modern high-quality adornments. Qianlong Period ( 1736 – 1795 ) . The gold adornments 19th/20th century. 37 x 46 cm. Condition : Very good.

Beautiful antique Chinese rank badge all done with gold and silver wrapped threat. Stitched on to silk. Designs of buddhist symbols and clouds and water. Edged in blue silk with black silk ground. Age: 19th century. Size: 14.25"L x 13.25"H

Framed Chinese 18th century imperial blue ground gold dragon kesi fragment. This twisted gold dragon is surrounded by five color lingzhi shaped clouds. Dragon robes for the emperor contain nine dragons on them and this fragment pretty much sure is the front badge because of the empty space at the upper left corner where is to reserve for the edge to do extra work and decoration to sew buttons to the side of the robe...

Up for sale is a very rare antique Chinese Qing dynasty embroidered silk tapestry with 5-color clouds designated for imperial family use only, together with colored bats carrying auspicious Buddhist symbols; the cloud pattern suggested that it is dated back to the first half of 1700's., during the reign of the Chi'en Lung or Qian Long emperor, very intricate embroideries from high quality workmanship! It may have been used as a curtain or wall hanging back then...

Framed Chinese 18th Century, mid- Qing dynasty Qianglong period kesi 5 claws blue dragon panel. This piece is relatively sparse compare to other panels, probably use it on a summer outfit. Simply decorated with Ruyi shaped cloud, sea waves, rhino horn etc. stand out this pearl holding dragon. Dimensions: 30 x 35 cm without frame, 63 x 58 cm with frame. Condition: no repair, overall in good condition as shown due to the age. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost...

Framed Chinese 18th Century, mid- Qing dynasty Qianglong period kesi 5 claws dragon cushion cover. This rare, delicate red ground gold threads kesi cover is decorated with a 5 claws dragon surround by sea waves, clouds, auspicious symbols and pair of bats...

Up for sale is an antique Chinese Qing Dynasty silk brocade panel, a pair of woven dragon with gold threads taken from the lower part of a dragon robe, early 18th century - Blue color silk satin ground, very fine. Overall in good condition. Minor loss to weaving. Measurements- 38" x 19"

Framed pair of Chinese Imperial Kesi 5 claws gold threads dragon fragments, Qianglong Period. These pieces are fully decorated, blue ground five claws dragon with 卐 "Wan" characters, Lingzhi shaped clouds and cross shaped floral patterns. Both Dragons are gazing to their own firing pearl. These pair are probably made for the shoulders part of a dragon robe. Dimensions: 32 x 23 cm each without frame, 92 x 46 cm with frame. Condition: no repair, overall in good condition loose threads in a few p...

Rare antique Chinese silk brocade panel woven with polychrome peonies; intricate silk tapestry. The panel is backed with beige color silk. Measurements : 27 inches long x 60 inches wide

Up for sale is a very large antique chinese red silk tapestry brocaded with polychrome peonies & vines, and gold thread shadows, Qianlong period. The panel is made up of 2 pieces from a yardage, each about 27" wide, and that explains why there is a seam in the middle; the panel backed with light yellow silk. Overall is in excellent condition, no wear or fraying, no stains, colors are bright. Please ask if you have any question or need a close-up pictures. Measurements: 53" x 82" ( 135cm x 208cm ...

Up for sale is a large antique Chinese embroidered silk panel taken from the back of a Qing dynasty imperial prince's brown dragon robe, Jifu, late 1700's, Qianlong period; very intricate embroideries with gold wrapped thread couching, and other embroidery techniques; three 5-claw dragons together with colored clouds designated for imperial family members only, bats, peonies, sea waves, and other buddhist auspicious objects; backed with light brown lining. Overall the panel is in excellent cond...

Up for sale is a large antique Chinese embroidered silk panel taken from the back of a Qing dynasty imperial dragon robe, Jifu, late 1700's, Qianlong period; very intricate embroideries with couched gold-wrapped threads and other embroidery techniques; three four-clawed dragons together with colored clouds designated for imperial family members only, bats, sea waves, and other Buddhist auspicious objects; backed with light brown lining. Overall the panel is in excellent condition, bright colors...

Framed Chinese early Qing dynasty imperial silk and gold threads brocade fragment with 5 claws dragon. This piece most likely is under part(knee) of a dragon robe. This dragon holding a firing pearl flying above sea waves and mountain. Dimensions: 51 x 23 cm without frame, 73 x 45 cm with frame. Condition: no repair, stain outside the fragment, discoloration and loose threads at lower right part as shown due to the age. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various...

Beautiful Chinese fragment of a dragon robe, Kangxi period, Qing dynasty. Decorated with 3 five-clawed dragons. A front faced dragon located at the chest area while the other two dragons holding fire pearl looking upward and flying above the sea waves. The last enlargement illustrates the relevant piece at its original appearance. P.S. in 2012 or 2013, a similar fragment with only the lower half part sold at USD 11,000. Dimensions: 130 x 62cm. Condition: excellent unless the sign of trimming to...

Chinese early Qing dynasty imperial brown ground double dragon brocade. One dragon is holding a firing pearl and watching to another dragon behind him while the other one is chasing a firing pearl. This brocade is well design and fully decorated, dragons are surrounded by colorful clouds and sea waves. These vivid dragons in gold threads with classic big noses and glasses like eye shape are typical early Qing dynasty dragon, also in mid to late Qing dynasty, usually use brush to draw the dark pa...

Framed Chinese 17th century Ming dynasty Imperial dragon robe fragment. This greenish yellow ground five claws dragon fragment is the shoulder to chest part of a dragon robe and needs to combine with another pieces in order to finish a whole robe. The horns and eyebrows seem to be missing but is meant to leave space, visually form the eyebrows and the horns by the surrounding patterns and colors. The spear like eyebrows, up but backward hair style and the powerful wheel like claws are the featur...