A Chinese summer dragon robe of blue gauze worked in couched gilt threads with red and white silk embroidered detail, with eight dragons among clouds and bats, paired fish and other emblems, over a sea-wave, the cuffs and integral trimming similarly worked, with metal strip binding, circa 1900

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A Chinese summer dragon robe of blue gauze worked in couched gilt threads with red and white silk embroidered detail, with eight dragons among clouds and bats, paired fish and other emblems, over a sea-wave, the cuffs and integral trimming similarly worked, with metal strip binding, circa 1900
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