A Chinese image robe of red silk damask embroidered in gilt threads with eight roundels with dragons chasing flaming pearls among cloud scrolls, also with the hsi character and figures embroidered in coloured silks, above a sea-wave border inset with roundels depicting the twelve animals of the zodiac, lined with green silk, late 19th century (sleeves altered)

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A Chinese image robe of red silk damask embroidered in gilt threads with eight roundels with dragons chasing flaming pearls among cloud scrolls, also with the hsi character and figures embroidered in coloured silks, above a sea-wave border inset with roundels depicting the twelve animals of the zodiac, lined with green silk, late 19th century (sleeves altered)

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