KESI DRAGON ROBE WITH CRANES China. Qing dynasty, around 1900 L. 137 cm, B. 238 cm Slit weave (kesi) with colored silk and gold threads. Lined with blue silk. The sleeves and horse shoe cuffs of silk gauze with embroidery. Spherical buttons from gilt brass. Between the dense spherical clouds next to the small cranes treasure ornament and bats. Some of the shades of silk were created with imported chemical dyes, which were in demand in China in the period around 1900. From a South German private collection, assembled since the 1980s Traces of age, partially minor wear