AN EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK GAUZE 'NINE DRAGON' ROBE
AN EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK GAUZE 'NINE DRAGON' ROBE
Guangxu period
Couched with nine dragons in gold-wrapped threads, against an embroidered ground of auspicious emblems and clouds in polychrome threads, all bordered by lishui stripes and terrestrial diagrams emerging from churning waves, the sleeves terminating in horse-hoof cuffs, the collar band and cuffs similarly embroidered.
55 1/4in(141cm)long
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AN EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK GAUZE 'NINE DRAGON' ROBE
Guangxu period
Couched with nine dragons in gold-wrapped threads, against an embroidered ground of auspicious emblems and clouds in polychrome threads, all bordered by lishui stripes and terrestrial diagrams emerging from churning waves, the sleeves terminating in horse-hoof cuffs, the collar band and cuffs similarly embroidered.
55 1/4in(141cm)long