A CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK ‘NINE DRAGON’ ROBE, JIFU, LATE QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 19…

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A CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK ‘NINE DRAGON’ ROBE, JIFU, LATE QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1900

finely embroidered with gold threads depicting nine five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst ruyi clouds, bats and the Eight Buddhist Emblems, all reserved on a blue ground above Auspicious Emblems rising from rocks and waves, and a lishui stripe at the hem, with midnight-blue cuffs and collar decorated with further dragons and clouds, 145cm long

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A CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK ‘NINE DRAGON’ ROBE, JIFU, LATE QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1900

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