A BLUE SILK DRAGON ROBE


Late Qing dynastyCouched with nine dragons and small shou medallions in gilt-wrapped threads, surrounded by other auspicious emblems and clouds, all embroidered in satin stitch, and bordered by the terrestrial diagram and lishui border above the hem and at the sleeves, the black collar band worked en suite (altered, faded and worn).54in (137cm) long
|ProvenanceBonhams, San Francisco, 21 Mar 2017, lot 7218.