Lot 3089. An exceptional Imperial gold-and-silver-embroidered ‘Twelve Symbol’  semi-formal ‘Dragon’ robe, jifu, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period; length  146 cm., 57 1/2  in. width 173.5 cm., 68 1/4  in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,000,000 HKD - Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's.

finely embroidered in couched gilt-and-silver wrapped threads with nine five-clawed long dragons grasping ‘flaming pearls’ against a ground of ruyi-clouds and bats interspersed with the Twelve Symbols of imperial authority, all above crashing waves and a lishui border at the hem, with a dark blue collar and cuffs further embellished with further couched dragons and plain dark blue sleeves

Provenance: Christie's New York, 30th March 2005, lot 206.