A Chinese embroidered 'xia pei' tabbard with rank badges, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. Centre front opening, of navy satin, an applied rank badge to the back and front depicting the egret of the sixth civil official, worked in couched gilt threads, the...

A Chinese embroidered dragon robe, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. Of blue gauze, featuring nine couched gilt thread five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls, amongst clouds, bats, flying cranes and further auspicious symbols, above mountains, crashing...