A rare formal court robe of charcoal grey silk gauze, chao'fu, late 18th or early 19th century, embroidered in silks in counted stitch and in couched gilt thread, the upper half with four five-clawed dragons amidst clouds above a turbulent sea-wave border, the skirt with confronting dragons, the horse shoe cuffs and ren similarly worked, cuff to cuff approximately 210cm and hem to collar approximately 133cm Provenance: Property of an English collector, mainly buying in Portobello market, and various places in London, in the early 1950's and 1960's. 清18世纪晚期-19世纪早期 烟灰纱绣金龙纹朝服 拍品来源：英国私人收藏，主要于上世纪50-60年代购自伦敦