A formal court robe (chi'fu) of blue silk brocade, woven in yellow silk with nine dragons above a sea-wave border, with striped lower sleeves and horse shoe cuffs of black silk; and another chi'fu of blue silk, similarly brocaded in white silks (lower sleeves missing), circa 1900 (2)

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A formal court robe (chi'fu) of blue silk brocade, woven in yellow silk with nine dragons above a sea-wave border, with striped lower sleeves and horse shoe cuffs of black silk; and another chi'fu of blue silk, similarly brocaded in white silks (lower sleeves missing), circa 1900 (2)

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