Lot Essay
Sold with this lot is a photocopied note stating the shoes were collected by Pitt Amherst (1773-1857) in 1816 when he was envoy to Pekin before becoming Govr Genl. of India
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A pair of Chinese ladies' boots of bands of yellow, orange and green silk and buff-coloured cotton, the silk embroidered with coloured silks with flowers and cicadas, 19th century