A Chinese gauze formal dragon robe
十九世紀 絳色緞彩綉趕珠龍紋福壽吉服
A Chinese gauze formal dragon robe, jifu 19th century, decorated with a large confronting five-clawed dragon with a flaming pearl of wisdom, with smaller dragons, shou characters, bats and auspicious objects above crashing waves and rocks, all reserved on a maroon ground, with borders of key fret, 183cm across.
十九世紀 絳色緞彩綉趕珠龍紋福壽吉服