A Chinese Embroidered Silk Summer Robe 19TH CENTURY the front and back worked in multi-color threads depicting a central crouching dragon pursing the flaming pearl of wisdom above a pair of dragons in profile, interspersed with ruyi clouds and beribboned auspicious emblems, all picked out on a navy blue ground, above foaming waves and lishui strips, the similar decoration continues on the shoulders and sleeves, the collar and the border with dragon design reserved on a black ground. Height collar to hem 55 inches.