Embroidered silk robe and sleeves which once belonged to the Emperor of China. It was taken from the Imperial Palace by Captain Henry Ely of the 99th Regiment - an antecedent regiment of the ...

The auction house Aponem is selling works from the collection amassed by the Franco-Chinese artist, pianist, painter and poet Cheng Zhifan (1924-2021) who came to France in 1951. The 250 lots to be ...

A caftan is a variant, or style, of robe which may be made of wool ... 16 complete silk caftans have been uncovered. The origin of the silk is a mixture of Sogdian, Chinese, and Byzantine with the ...

The Oriental Aesthetics Lifestyle Pavilion featured XiuNiang’s finest treasures—the Loong Robe and Phoenix Robe ... to redefine the narrative of Chinese silk, illuminating the world with ...