A Chinese Embroidered Silk Brown Ground Dragon Robe, Jifu 19th century finely worked in gold wrapped and multi-colored threads depicting a central writhing ferocious dragon chasing the flaming pearl of wisdom, above a pair of crouching dragons each grasping the flaming pearl flanking a hanging bat suspending a chime, amongst auspicious clouds and ribbon-tied auspicious emblems, all above mountain peaks and lishui stripes, all reserved on a brown ground, framed. Approximate height collar to hem 56 inches. Estimate $6,000-8,000