A Chinese pink lady's robe, Qing Dynasty, circa 1880, with green embroidered sleeve bands and blue borders decorated with large butterflies in each corner with an embroidered pink damask skirt, bordered with black silk, 157cm cuff to cuff and 99cm collar to hem Compare with a similar example illustrated in, Evolution to Revolution: Chinese Dress 1700s to 1900s, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 1997, p. 56 Provenance: Ms Carmelle Cooke Anthony Lawrence Cooke Collection Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke Collection before 1993 清1880年 粉地缎绣女袍 拍品来源：Cooke家族私人收藏 Condition Report: some fading to front and reverse of sleeves and some wear to edges but no bad and some fading to lining Condition Report Disclaimer