BEAUTIFUL DRESS in garnet silk embroidered with gold threads and polychrome of nine dragons with five claws, front and profile, among bat clouds and auspicious patterns, above the five sacred peaks emerging from the waves over a wide band of lishui. The sleeves, made of black silk, are embellished with parallel golden bands and borders embroidered with polychrome motifs.
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
AN EMBROIDERED SILK DRESS, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY.
TOP. 142 CM ( 55 15/16 IN.) - WIDTH 213 CM (83 7/8 IN.)