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A SAPPHIRE-BLUE-GROUND SILK BROCADE SHORT LADY'S COAT

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A SAPPHIRE-BLUE-GROUND SILK BROCADE SHORT LADY'S COAT
LATE QING DYNASTY

The blue ground woven in gold threads with branches of bamboo, lingzhi and prunus, the cuffs finely worked with couched gold and multi-colored threads with butterflies hovering amidst various flowers, applied at the collar and hem with cream-ground borders embroidered in multi-colored threads with ladies amidst flower gardens
39 1/4in. (99.7cm.) long