Lot 263. An embroidered blue-ground silk 'dragon' robe and collar, 19th century. Sold for £5,000 (€6,492). Photo: Bonhams.

Worked in satin stitch and 'Peking knot' in shades of blue, green, red and violet and couched gold threads with eight five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clusters of clouds interspersed with bats, the Eight Buddhist Emblems and peonies, all reserved on a rich blue ground above the terrestrial diagram with lishui stripe at the hem, with dark ground cuffs, collar and sleeve bands decorated with further dragons and clouds, 145.5cm (56 7/8in) long; together with a shoulder collar, piling, embroidered with similar designs of dragons and lishui stripes in satin stitch and gold thread.76.5cm (30 2/8in) long (2).

Provenance: an English private collection

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET