Lot Essay
This lot would have been worn over the robe and skirt of the following lot, as part of a wedding costume
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Details
A xiapei of black satin,
embroidered with three dragons and many birds among cloud bands, with applied first civil rank badges in gilt threads with the Crane, the hem with knotted tasselled fringe, late 19th century
See Colour Plate 5
embroidered with three dragons and many birds among cloud bands, with applied first civil rank badges in gilt threads with the Crane, the hem with knotted tasselled fringe, late 19th century
See Colour Plate 5