A Chinese lady's informal robe of midnight blue silk embroidered in coloured silks, with large butterflies worked in peking knot stitch, sprays of flowers and fruit, the sleeve bands and ivory borders embroidered in colorued silks and gilt threads with figures and flowers, lined with blue silk, i9th century

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A Chinese lady's informal robe of midnight blue silk embroidered in coloured silks, with large butterflies worked in peking knot stitch, sprays of flowers and fruit, the sleeve bands and ivory borders embroidered in colorued silks and gilt threads with figures and flowers, lined with blue silk, i9th century

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