Late 19th century The black silk embroidered in satin stitch with five roundels of auspicious symbols including bats, cranes, double swastikas, butterflies, gourds and a three-legged toad, all centred around a basket of flowers overflowing with peonies and lingzhi, the foaming lishui band with further symbols of good fortune including double swastikas, bats and ruyi, the coat lightly padded and lined in turquoise silk. 136cm (53 1/2in) long