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A Chinese dragon robe (ch'i-fu)
of royal blue silk with couched silver and gilt metal threads with nine dragons among clouds, stepping cranes, Chinese characters and Daoist emblems, over a sea-wave, the horseshoe cuffs and trimmings of charcoal black silk similarly worked, lined in acquamarine silk, 19th century
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of royal blue silk with couched silver and gilt metal threads with nine dragons among clouds, stepping cranes, Chinese characters and Daoist emblems, over a sea-wave, the horseshoe cuffs and trimmings of charcoal black silk similarly worked, lined in acquamarine silk, 19th century
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