A Chinese semi-formal robe of blue silk, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads with eight roundels worked with dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst cloud scrolls, over a sea-wave border worked with religous symbols, the cuffs with smaller roundels and a sea-wave border, lined with blue silk, second half of 19th century

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A Chinese semi-formal robe of blue silk, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads with eight roundels worked with dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst cloud scrolls, over a sea-wave border worked with religous symbols, the cuffs with smaller roundels and a sea-wave border, lined with blue silk, second half of 19th century
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