A Chinese court robe (chao'fu) of blue silk, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads, the top section with four dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst cloud scrolls and symbols over a sea-wave border, the waist worked with dragons, the skirt with twelve dragon roundels above larger dragons and a turbulent sea-wave border, with horse shoe cuffs, lined with blue silk, lacks ren , mid 19th century