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AN IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK BROCADE DRAGON VEST
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AN IMPERIAL YELLOW SILK BROCADE DRAGON VEST
QIANLONG
Woven on the front and back with seven contorted five-clawed gold dragons writhing amidst multi-colored cloud whorls, above the terrestrial diagram at the hem, reserved on a golden yellow ground, bordered in plain black trim--45 in. (114.4cm.) long; together with a yellow-ground silk brocade lady's informal robe, Guangxu, decorated with dragon roundels enclosing Manchurian script picked out in gold, within black-ground borders embroidered with flowers and double-happiness xi characters--43 1/4 in. (109.8cm.) long (2)
QIANLONG
Woven on the front and back with seven contorted five-clawed gold dragons writhing amidst multi-colored cloud whorls, above the terrestrial diagram at the hem, reserved on a golden yellow ground, bordered in plain black trim--45 in. (114.4cm.) long; together with a yellow-ground silk brocade lady's informal robe, Guangxu, decorated with dragon roundels enclosing Manchurian script picked out in gold, within black-ground borders embroidered with flowers and double-happiness xi characters--43 1/4 in. (109.8cm.) long (2)