A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL EMBROIDERED DRAGON ROBE

Dimensions: Length: 193 cm, Width: 135 cm,

The dark red silk ground is worked in couched gold thread and satin stitch on the front and back with nine five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst?ruyi-form clouds, bats, and cranes, all around a central beribboned basket of double peaches. The terrestrial diagram and?lishui?stripe at the hem and arms are both tossed with auspicious emblems. The??robe is woven with nine dragons on a blue ground decorated with florets within gold quatrefoil borders, all interspersed with?ruyi-shaped clouds,?wan?emblems, bats, peaches, peonies and lotus flowers above cresting waves and the?lishui?stripe.
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