11th Nov, 2024 15:00
Pursuing Perfection, the Perino Collection
AN EMBROIDERED DAOIST PRIEST’S BLUE SILK ROBE OF DESCENT, JIANGYI
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
AN EMBROIDERED DAOIST PRIEST’S BLUE SILK ROBE OF DESCENT, JIANGYI
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
Cut as a typical ceremonial daoist vestment in form of a cape with a front opening, worked on a light blue ground with scattered blossoms and butterfiles, a dragon in gilt thread on the back beneath he collar, the black borders adorned with bats, stylised clouds, trigrams, flower heads and stylised roundels.
180cm x 125cm
Provenance: the Claudio Perino Collection, Turin, acquired mostly in Japan in early 2000s.
Exhibited: MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin.
A copy of a certification from Linda Wrigglesworth is available upon request.
£1,000 - £1,500
Buyer's premium: 23.00%
AN EMBROIDERED DAOIST PRIEST’S BLUE SILK ROBE OF DESCENT, JIANGYI
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
Cut as a typical ceremonial daoist vestment in form of a cape with a front opening, worked on a light blue ground with scattered blossoms and butterfiles, a dragon in gilt thread on the back beneath he collar, the black borders adorned with bats, stylised clouds, trigrams, flower heads and stylised roundels.
180cm x 125cm
Provenance: the Claudio Perino Collection, Turin, acquired mostly in Japan in early 2000s.
Exhibited: MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin.
A copy of a certification from Linda Wrigglesworth is available upon request.
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Auction: Pursuing Perfection, the Perino Collection, 11th Nov, 2024
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE OF THIS SALE IS YET TO BE CONFIRMED
We are thrilled to confirm the consignment of a selection of pieces from a distinguished Italian private collection of East Asian art.
Dr Claudio Perino begun collecting in the early 2000s. His interest in Japanese lacquer soon transitioned into woodblock prints and ceramics, eventually focusing on paintings from the Edo and Meiji periods.
Always eager to share the joy of experiencing his treasures, Dr Perino exhibited his lacquer, prints and paintings at the MAO - Museum of Oriental Art in Turin between 2008 - 2023. The twenty-four paintings featured in the current sale were a part of a large exhibition curated by Prof Matthi Forrer at the Museo delle Culture in Lugano and later the Torinian MAO between 2020 - 2022.
Among the sixty-two lots presented here, there are a few pieces of Korean ceramics. Chinese art is represented among others by a porcelain plaque by Wang Qi, an early Qingbai ewer and two important Qing Dynasty embroidered silk robes.
For any questions relating to the sale, please contact the Head of the Japanese Department, Marta Somauroo at marta@azcaauctions.com.
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