Calf-length garment with center-front opening fastened with five gilt metal ball-and-loop toggle buttons, straight sleeves ending in square cuffs, slit sides. Decorated with embroidered polychrome silk and couched gold threads, the body and upper sleeves are decorated with celestial landscape: eight large dragons, clouds, mountains, and waves, and li-shui pattern in gold brocade against a red silk satin ground; scattered with the Eight Precious Things of Buddhism, cranes and bats; the neck band and cuffs with auspicious plants, butterfly and floral patterns and ladies engaged in daily life. This is a classic wedding robe, in its quasi-official imperial dragon imagery and festive red ground. Worn in conjunction with a dragon skirt, red cloud collar (yun-chien), and “phoenix” headdress.The robe presents in very good conditio, with minor discoloration and lifting of thread. Please contact us for more information.

Origin: China

Era: Qing Dynasty, Mid-19th century

Material: silk satin

Size: 145 CM W x 106 CM L or 57-1/8″ W x 41-3/4″ L

Reference: Imperial Silks: Ch’ing Dynasty Textiles in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Volume I), page 574 – 573

Inventory ID: CHT007

Status: available for purchase, price upon request