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Two Silk Short Coats
The first of teal silk, worked with couched gold threads on the front and back with eight dragon roundels above stylized terrestrial diagrams, with pale blue cuffs similarly embroidered; the second of dark blue brocade, 19th century, woven with eight double-dragon roundels on the front and back, all above a delicate landscape of pagodas, sampans, phoenixes and peaches, hovering above spume-flecked waves, with later-added fur collar
43in. and 43½in. (108.5cm. and 110cm.) long (2)
The first of teal silk, worked with couched gold threads on the front and back with eight dragon roundels above stylized terrestrial diagrams, with pale blue cuffs similarly embroidered; the second of dark blue brocade, 19th century, woven with eight double-dragon roundels on the front and back, all above a delicate landscape of pagodas, sampans, phoenixes and peaches, hovering above spume-flecked waves, with later-added fur collar
43in. and 43½in. (108.5cm. and 110cm.) long (2)
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