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A Chinese dragon robe (ch'i-fu)
of blue silk finely embroidered in coloured silks and couched gilt threads with nine dragons chasing flaming pearls among clouds, flying cranes and emblems, over a sea-wave border, with similarly worked horseshoe cuffs and trimmings of black satin, re-lined in red moiré, 1st half of 19th century
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of blue silk finely embroidered in coloured silks and couched gilt threads with nine dragons chasing flaming pearls among clouds, flying cranes and emblems, over a sea-wave border, with similarly worked horseshoe cuffs and trimmings of black satin, re-lined in red moiré, 1st half of 19th century
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