Details
A cape of eau de nil satin,
heavily embroidered with two dragons, a phoenix, pheasant, mandarin ducks, peacock and other birds, a pair of cartouches, one with a leopard and a monkey, the other with a tiger, the ground with large silver metal sequins, the floral decorated yoke and edges trimmed with white fur, the front lining painted with figures, circa 1900, Straits Chinese, possibly a marriage cloak
See Colour Plate 19
heavily embroidered with two dragons, a phoenix, pheasant, mandarin ducks, peacock and other birds, a pair of cartouches, one with a leopard and a monkey, the other with a tiger, the ground with large silver metal sequins, the floral decorated yoke and edges trimmed with white fur, the front lining painted with figures, circa 1900, Straits Chinese, possibly a marriage cloak
See Colour Plate 19