DRESS in gold silk embroidered with polychrome linen threads, decorated with dragons in blue chasing the sacred pearl, among bats, precious objects, flowers and clouds, above foaming waves from which emerge sacred mountain peaks, the lower part decorated with chevrons and a frieze of clouds in the shape of "lingzhi" mushrooms. Blue silk lining. (Wear and heavy discoloration). China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912). AN EMBROIDERED SILK COURT ROBE, CHINA, QING DYNASTY. DIM. 198 X 142 CM (77 15/16 X 55 15/16 IN.)