A BROWN-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK DRAGON ROBE, JIFU Qianlong period (1736-1795) Worked in finely couched gold threads and satin stitch with eight contorted five-clawed dragons amidst stylized clouds, flying bats, and the winter flowers, plum blossom, narcissus, and camellia above the terrestrial diagram with branches of coral, ruyi , and auspicious objects issuing from the turbulent waves above the lishui stripe at the hem, all against a rich, lustrous brown ground, with dark blue dragon borders at the collar and cuffs 57in. (144.8cm.) long
A BROWN-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK DRAGON ROBE, JIFU Qianlong period (1736-1795) Worked in finely couched gold threads and satin stitch with eight contorted five-clawed dragons amidst stylized clouds, flying bats, and the winter flowers, plum blossom, narcissus, and camellia above the terrestrial diagram with branches of coral, ruyi , and auspicious objects issuing from the turbulent waves above the lishui stripe at the hem, all against a rich, lustrous brown ground, with dark blue dragon borders at the collar and cuffs 57in. (144.8cm.) long
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