A Chinese theatrical coat of yellow silk, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads, with applied details, the upper section with a large butterfly with out-stretched wings worked with flowerheads, embellished with mirror work, the skirts composed of streamers worked with flowers, lined with white cotton, late 19th century

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A Chinese theatrical coat of yellow silk, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads, with applied details, the upper section with a large butterfly with out-stretched wings worked with flowerheads, embellished with mirror work, the skirts composed of streamers worked with flowers, lined with white cotton, late 19th century
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On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1976.

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