AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK GAUZE DRAGON ROBE, JI FU
19th Century
Worked in counted stitch and couched gold thread with nine five-clawed writhing dragons confronting flaming pearls, reserved on a ground of dense cloud clusters interspersed with bats and auspicious emblems, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem
57in. (144.9cm.) long
AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK GAUZE DRAGON ROBE, JI FU
19th Century
Worked in counted stitch and couched gold thread with nine five-clawed writhing dragons confronting flaming pearls, reserved on a ground of dense cloud clusters interspersed with bats and auspicious emblems, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem
57in. (144.9cm.) long
