AN EMBROIDERED BLUE-SILK LADIES ROBE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY worked in fine coloured silk thread with elaborate floral roundels and auspicious emblems, above crashing waves around the hem and at the cuffs, all reserved against a rich midnight-blue silk ground 130cm long approx. PROVENANCE: From a Private Yorkshire Collection.  NOTE: By repute this robe featured in the 1940 film 'The Chinese Bungalow'.