An informal robe of apricot silk damask, woven with Taoist emblems amidst scrolling clouds, with later appliqué embroidered butterflies, applied with an embroidered cloud collar and shaped borders of ivory satin worked with gilt scrolls and flowers, with sleevebands of lime green satin; a formal court robe of blue silk gauze, embroidered in couched gilt thread with nine dragons above a sea-wave border, circa 1900; and an informal robe of dark blue satin, embroidered in couched gilt thread with carp above a sea-wave border, 20th century (3)

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An informal robe of apricot silk damask, woven with Taoist emblems amidst scrolling clouds, with later appliqué embroidered butterflies, applied with an embroidered cloud collar and shaped borders of ivory satin worked with gilt scrolls and flowers, with sleevebands of lime green satin; a formal court robe of blue silk gauze, embroidered in couched gilt thread with nine dragons above a sea-wave border, circa 1900; and an informal robe of dark blue satin, embroidered in couched gilt thread with carp above a sea-wave border, 20th century (3)

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