A Chinese child's dragon robe (ch'i-fu), of red silk satin embroidered in coloured silks and couched metal threads with eight four-clawed dragons among clouds, bats and flowers, over a sea-wave border, with narrow brocade trimming, and horseshoe cuffs, lined in pale blue silk, 32½in long, 19th century

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A Chinese child's dragon robe (ch'i-fu), of red silk satin embroidered in coloured silks and couched metal threads with eight four-clawed dragons among clouds, bats and flowers, over a sea-wave border, with narrow brocade trimming, and horseshoe cuffs, lined in pale blue silk, 32½in long, 19th century

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