CHINA (GUANXU period) A blue Kesi silk robe with polychrome decoration of nine five-clawed dragons among floral and auspicious motifs above a broad band of LISHUI surmounted by tumultuous waves from which sacred peaks emerge. Wear and small tears. Provenance: Bordeaux family collection, through the descendants of the representative in France of the Emperor of Vietnam Bao Daï (1913-1997), Mr Paul AUROUSSEAU. Expert : Cabinet ANSAS PAPILLON et de LERY