An embroidered waistcoat with Mandarin rank badge, an embroidered dragon skirt and a wedding jacket
19th and 20th centuryThe waistcoat embroidered with dragons above waves, with further motifs of cranes, butterflies and peony, on black silk ground with blue brocade borders, 91cm long, the front and back with applied second tier military Mandarin square badges with a lion in couched gold thread, each 27cm x 28cm; a wedding jacket with similar dragons and peony embroidered designs, in coloured silk and couched gold thread on dark coral-coloured silk ground, 104cm long; and a wrap-around pleated skirt embroidered with dragon roundels and bands of dragons over waves at hem and waist, with gold brocade borders, 99cm long.(3).