AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK DRAGON ROBE
LATE QING DYNASTY
The robe worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads, with nine five-clawed dragons, amidst cloud clusters, and auspicious emblems above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, all picked out in shades of purple, blue, ochre, and red, against a purplish-blue ground
55in. (140cm.) long