A richly Chinese Long-Pao embroidered reddish silk dragon robe with nine five clawed dragons - medium ranking officials - chasing the flaming pearl, among cloud formation and Buddhist symbols, bats and other auspicious objects and the lishui waves in fine colours at the base, the sleeves with horsehoof cuffs of black silk. Qing, late 19th century. H. back 151 cm. Sleeve from top L. 80 cm.
Provenance: Merchant Louis Foght's collection.