A Chinese ladies' vest of dark blue cut velvet trimmed with black satin embroidered with butterflies and flower sprigs, and wide woven braid; a collar densely embroidered in gilt metal thread with a pair of birds among clouds and Buddhist emblems; and another collar of embroidered white satin trimmed with braid and long red tassels, all 2nd half of 19th century

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A Chinese ladies' vest of dark blue cut velvet trimmed with black satin embroidered with butterflies and flower sprigs, and wide woven braid; a collar densely embroidered in gilt metal thread with a pair of birds among clouds and Buddhist emblems; and another collar of embroidered white satin trimmed with braid and long red tassels, all 2nd half of 19th century

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