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A RASPBERRY-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK JACKET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with twelve roundels of figures engaged in various activities, probably representing scenes from Beijing Opera, interspersed with various flower sprays and gold be-ribboned 'precious objects', all within cream borders and cuffs decorated with futher figural scenes, all reserved on a rich, pinkish-red ground--43¼in. (119.8cm.) long
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with twelve roundels of figures engaged in various activities, probably representing scenes from Beijing Opera, interspersed with various flower sprays and gold be-ribboned 'precious objects', all within cream borders and cuffs decorated with futher figural scenes, all reserved on a rich, pinkish-red ground--43¼in. (119.8cm.) long