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Details
A formal court robe (chi'fu)
of brown silk gauze, embroidered in couched gilt thread and silks worked in counted stitch with Peking Knot detail, with nine dragons amongst cloud scrolls, bats and flowers above a turbulent sea-wave border, with lower sleeves of pleated black silk, 19th century, (small holes)
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of brown silk gauze, embroidered in couched gilt thread and silks worked in counted stitch with Peking Knot detail, with nine dragons amongst cloud scrolls, bats and flowers above a turbulent sea-wave border, with lower sleeves of pleated black silk, 19th century, (small holes)
See Illustration
Special notice
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Further details
This robe was probably for an Imperial duke. The colour brown is said to have been reserved for members of the Imperial family.