A LADY'S CHINESE VOIDED-VELVET INFORMAL ROBE (CHANGFU)
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of mauve-burgundy velvet woven with peonies, lined with sky-blue damask and with velvet-and-embroidered sleeve bands; together with a triangular shawl of Tibetan brocade woven with gold dragons and clouds to a midnight blue ground, an oriental inscription to the reverse (2)
A LADY'S CHINESE VOIDED-VELVET INFORMAL ROBE (CHANGFU)
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of mauve-burgundy velvet woven with peonies, lined with sky-blue damask and with velvet-and-embroidered sleeve bands; together with a triangular shawl of Tibetan brocade woven with gold dragons and clouds to a midnight blue ground, an oriental inscription to the reverse (2)