PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS A NAVY-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK LADY'S INFORMAL ROBELate Qing dynasty Designed with a central front opening, the midnight blue silk embroidered in bright colors with eight large roundels of cranes, peaches, and flowers interspersed with additional peach branches and flower sprays, trimmed with wide ruyi bands to the neck and a band at the lower hem both embroidered with figures against a ground woven in white and gold-wrapped threads, the sleeve bands with further embroidery of flowers and phoenixes. 43in x 1/2in (109 x 138.5cm) Provenance: Acquired in China, 1908