A Chinese Kesi weave silk Mandarin dragon robe

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A Chinese Kesi weave silk Mandarin dragon robe, Qing dynasty, late 19th century, the blue ground interwoven with the cloud pattern and auspicious symbols, with gold thread five clawed dragons clasping the pearl of wisdom, traditional dyes of aniline purple and bright pinks adjunct a soft green pallet on a blue ground, original tailoring, with matching colour and cuffs sleeve extenders and lining approximately 188cm cuff to cuff x 140cm hem to collar清 藍地緙絲五爪金龍紋吉服袍 品相： wear to collar and cuffs with fraying and fading and loss of silk and small holes and wear to edging and small holes to robe and some overall light fading and stains to blue lining

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