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A Chinese summer dragon robe
with four imperial symbols, of aquamarine silk finely embroidered in counted stitch in coloured silks and gilt threads with nine dragons among clouds and emblems, with the Sun and Moon, Axe and Fu, with two constellations at back, with horseshoe cuffs and trimming of black gauze similarly worked, 19th century
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with four imperial symbols, of aquamarine silk finely embroidered in counted stitch in coloured silks and gilt threads with nine dragons among clouds and emblems, with the Sun and Moon, Axe and Fu, with two constellations at back, with horseshoe cuffs and trimming of black gauze similarly worked, 19th century
See Colour Plate