A woman's kesi-woven green silk ground dragon robe, 19th century. Photo Bonhams

Originally with front side opening, now altered extensively to a center front opening, the dragons predominantly woven in fine gilt-wrapped threads surrounded by cloud scrolls, bats and 'Eight Buddhist Treasures' woven in white and brightly colored threads that also appear in the lishui border against the subtle gray-green ground, the collar and cuffs woven en suite on a black ground with crane roundels amid gourd vines, some of the details to the decoration throughout added in colored pigments. 52in (132cm) long. Sold for US$6,250

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 20 Dec 2011. California, San Francisco www.bonhams.com