A Chinese summer dragon robe of blue gauze, embroidered in coloured silks in counted stitch and couched gilt threads with nine dragons among clouds, bats and emblems, over a sea-wave, the horseshoe cuffs and trimming similarly worked on grey/brown gauze, Chinese, 19th century

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A Chinese summer dragon robe of blue gauze, embroidered in coloured silks in counted stitch and couched gilt threads with nine dragons among clouds, bats and emblems, over a sea-wave, the horseshoe cuffs and trimming similarly worked on grey/brown gauze, Chinese, 19th century
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