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A FORMAL COURT ROBE (CHI FU)
of brown silk, embroidered with nine gilt dragons amongst bats, auspicious symbols and green and blue cloud bands above a sea-wave border, the li shui scattered with peonies worked in Peking Knot, with matching borders and horse-shoe cuffs of black silk, 19th century, (faded, damages, lower sleeves distressed)
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of brown silk, embroidered with nine gilt dragons amongst bats, auspicious symbols and green and blue cloud bands above a sea-wave border, the li shui scattered with peonies worked in Peking Knot, with matching borders and horse-shoe cuffs of black silk, 19th century, (faded, damages, lower sleeves distressed)
See Illustration
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Chestnut brown is a colour associated with members of the Imperial family, particularly with Imperial Dukes and Princes.