Lot 5
5
A formal court jacket of charcoal grey summer weave gauze, embroidered in couched gilt thread and silks with four gilt dragons against a ground strewn with cloud scrolls, bats and crane roundels, the lower border worked with pairs of writhing dragons in profile, with horse shoe cuffs and gilt-striped lower sleeves, trimmed with brocade bindings, second half of the 19th century (some wear)
A formal court jacket of charcoal grey summer weave gauze, embroidered in couched gilt thread and silks with four gilt dragons against a ground strewn with cloud scrolls, bats and crane roundels, the lower border worked with pairs of writhing dragons in profile, with horse shoe cuffs and gilt-striped lower sleeves, trimmed with brocade bindings, second half of the 19th century (some wear)

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A formal court jacket of charcoal grey summer weave gauze, embroidered in couched gilt thread and silks with four gilt dragons against a ground strewn with cloud scrolls, bats and crane roundels, the lower border worked with pairs of writhing dragons in profile, with horse shoe cuffs and gilt-striped lower sleeves, trimmed with brocade bindings, second half of the 19th century (some wear)
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This jacket would have been worn with a full skirt embroidered with dragon roundels, to form the formal court dress or chao fu

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