A blue-ground gauze silk 'nine-dragon' robe, jifu19th century The blue silk gauze worked in couched gold thread and fine counted stitch with nine five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst trialing clouds interspersed with bats, cranes, wondrous pavilions and the Eight Buddhist Emblems above a terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe separated by ruyi clouds, with similar decoration repeated on the border, collar and horsehoof cuffs. 137.5cm (54 1/8in) long.注脚十九世紀 藍地緙絲雲龍紋吉服袍Provenance: a European private collection來源：歐洲私人收藏