Chinese Blue & Gold Silk Fabric



A FRAMED PORTION OF FINELY EMBROIDERED CHINESE BLUE SILK DRAGON ROBE ,
MANGPAO ( 蟒袍 )

LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY. CHINA.
The textile is finely worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with two five-clawed
dragon confronting flaming pearls, two birds, clouds interspersed with six bats, various
flowers.


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