QIANLONG
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A RARE BROWN-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK CONSORT'S DRAGON ROBE, JI FU
Qianlong
Worked in satin stitch and couched gold thread on the front and back panels with nine five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst vaporous clouds interspersed with Buddhist emblems and bats, the lower side seams with an arrangement of narcissus, nandina and lingzhi, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, picked out in shades of red, blue, green, cream and ochre and reserved on a golden brown ground, the collar, cuffs and sleeve bands with navy blue-ground borders finely embroidered with striding dragons above ruyi-form waves
56in. (142.4cm.) long
Qianlong
Worked in satin stitch and couched gold thread on the front and back panels with nine five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst vaporous clouds interspersed with Buddhist emblems and bats, the lower side seams with an arrangement of narcissus, nandina and lingzhi, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, picked out in shades of red, blue, green, cream and ochre and reserved on a golden brown ground, the collar, cuffs and sleeve bands with navy blue-ground borders finely embroidered with striding dragons above ruyi-form waves
56in. (142.4cm.) long