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EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
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A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK DRAGON ROBE, JIFU
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
worked in couched gold thread and satin stitch on the front and back with eight five-clawed dragons interspersed with shou characters, cranes, and Auspicious Objects, all above the terrestrial diagram with lishui stripe at the hem, all picked out in shades of blue, turquoise, red, green and yellow, with a black-ground border at the collar and cuffs
52½ in. (103.4 cm.) long
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
worked in couched gold thread and satin stitch on the front and back with eight five-clawed dragons interspersed with shou characters, cranes, and Auspicious Objects, all above the terrestrial diagram with lishui stripe at the hem, all picked out in shades of blue, turquoise, red, green and yellow, with a black-ground border at the collar and cuffs
52½ in. (103.4 cm.) long