A BLUE AND GOLD BROCADE DRAGON ROBE, woven with eight bold five-clawed dragons amidst stylized cloud whorls and Buddhist emblems, above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe, the decoration picked out in gold against a dark blue ground, with black brocade collar and cuffs--53½ in. long

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A BLUE AND GOLD BROCADE DRAGON ROBE, woven with eight bold five-clawed dragons amidst stylized cloud whorls and Buddhist emblems, above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe, the decoration picked out in gold against a dark blue ground, with black brocade collar and cuffs--53½ in. long

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