A Brown Woven Dragon Robe
Unknown artist 19th/20th century
- Medium
- Brown Woven, Richly woven in gold threads with nine spirited, five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls on a brown ground woven with baskets, Daoist emblems, scattered shou symbols and auspicious bats surrounded by cloud scrolls in various shades of blue and white, all above mountain peaks soaring from rolling waves, and bands of ruyi heads and colourful lishui stripes; the horseshoe cuffs of the black silk sleeves and the collar band decorated with additional dragons, clouds, and waves, and trimmed with brocade edgings woven with a gold pattern
- Category
- Textiles