A Chinese theatrical coat of pale green silk, embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads, the upper section with a large scale butterfly amongst flowerheads, the skirt composed of multi-coloured streamers embroidered with flowers in gilt threads, also embellished with spangles, lined with glazed cotton, second half of 19th century; and a dancer's skirt.

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A Chinese theatrical coat of pale green silk, embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads, the upper section with a large scale butterfly amongst flowerheads, the skirt composed of multi-coloured streamers embroidered with flowers in gilt threads, also embellished with spangles, lined with glazed cotton, second half of 19th century; and a dancer's skirt.

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On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1976.

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