A child's silk 'Dragon' robe, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. Photo Sotheby's

couched in gold-covered threads with dragons chasing 'flaming pearls', amid clouds and auspicious objects, above terrestrial diagram and lishui border, framed. Length 27 1/2 in., 69.8 cm; Width 46 1/4 in., 117.5 cm. Estimation 6,000 — 8,000 USD

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 9th and 10th October 1987, lot 81

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