Dimensions; Lenght: 53" Width: 76 1/2" PROVENANCE: From San Jose, CA private collector, inherited through third generations, acquired from Quong Chun & CO, 709 Jackson ST. San Francisco, CA in 1918's. Chinese Qing Dynasty Imperial Dragon Silk Robe, the yellow sand Nasha embroidered twelve chapters robes: this piece of robes round neck, big scorpion, horseshoe sleeves, four open plaques, piece of gold edge, with copper enamel gold enamel disc buckle. The bright yellow sand is a robe body, embroidered with nine golden dragons, to embody the "Nine-Five". The dragon body is covered with clouds on four Fridays, and the clouds are decorated with twelve chapters. There is also a sorrow pattern, which is embellished with bats. Black color cloud bat gold dragon pattern leader. The sleeves are decorated with Yunlong and the sea water cliffs and the eight treasures of flat water, which means “four seas and clear”. The lower frame is also embroidered with the sea water cliff and the Babao Lishui pattern to express the “Jiangshan Yonggu”. The sea surface is dotted with a four-letter pattern to wish "Wanfu Wanshou". Twelve chapters are the marks of the clothing level in the Chinese imperial system. They are the twelve kinds of ornamentation on the emperor's dresses in ancient China. They symbolize the emperor as the land, and their powers are as big as heaven and earth. In the middle of the day, such as the sun and the moon, the eight parties are within the illumination." According to the "History of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor", the emperor's robes of the Qing Dynasty still consist of twelve chapters, day, month, star, mountain, dragon, Chinese insect, cockroach, cockroach, ancestral, algae, fire, rice In the skirt, the five-color cloud." The golden dragon pattern of this robe is vivid and has a sense of relief. The color is rich and rich, the embroidery is complicated and elaborate, and it is decorated with twelve chapters. According to its shape, it should be used by the Qing Emperor.