A Chinese robe (mang ao), of red/orange silk satin embroidered in coloured silks and couched gilt threads with eight dragons among cloud scrolls, bats, blossom and phoenix, over a sea-wave border with lions, with blue satin borders, lined in pale olive silk damask, 19th century

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A Chinese robe (mang ao), of red/orange silk satin embroidered in coloured silks and couched gilt threads with eight dragons among cloud scrolls, bats, blossom and phoenix, over a sea-wave border with lions, with blue satin borders, lined in pale olive silk damask, 19th century
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