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Auction: CSS82A - Chinese Banknotes
Lot: 12

Qing Dynasty, Surcoat of a civil official from the Chinese Imperial Court (Bufu), Qing Dynasty civil officials had to follow strict and standardised code of dress as the ruling Manchurian elite sought to make their mark in cultural and social hierarchy, with each rank and position having their own regulations over the colour, dimensions, quality of workmanship, materials and embellishments of the garments. The front-opening specimen present here is in the typical black colour of the Qing Imperial Court woven in pure silk, featuring a Mandarin Square embroidered with the tradtional symbols of imperial authority at the front and back serving as a rank badge, and gilt-metal buttons which goes through loops for a secure fit. A rare item which offers a glimpse of the the imperial era of Machurian rule in the Forbidden City


清代補服一件，清代凡裝飾有“補子”的官服，稱為補服，也稱為“補褂”。前後各綴有一塊補子，其袖端平，對襟，所以又名“外褂”、在清代官服中是穿用場合最多，時間最長的一種，清代皇家宗室的補服和補子，均是由南京、蘇州、杭州即江南三織造訂做進貢的，用料講究，做工精良，尺寸、圖案都有嚴格規定，官員不能私自改變身上與其品級相對應的官服。此件補服保留原有狀態，按品級縫補上相對應的禽鳥與走獸，保存完好

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