Late 18th/19th century Finely woven in gilt and silver-wrapped threads, with green and red highlight, depicting nine mighty five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amid floating cloud scrolls interspersed with the Buddhist Emblems and bats above terrestrial diagrams emerging from billowing waves and a wide lishui border separated by ruyi-shaped clouds, the collar band and horse-hoof cuffs decorated in gold and polychrome shades with additional dragons and auspicious objects, with pleated black silk sleeve extensions. 56in (142.3cm) long