PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS A BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK 'DRAGON' SUMMER ROBELate Qing dynasty The dark blue silk gauze embroidered with nine writhing five-clawed dragons, their scales stitched in gold-wrapped threads, amidst swirling clouds in varying shades of blue, soaring pink bats, and floating flowers and Buddhist emblems, all above a band of roiling waves and lishui stripes, each sleeve with a section of brown silk gauze embroidered with gold-wrapped bands and terminating in hoof-shaped cuffs. 35 1/8 x 77 1/2in (89.2 x 196.9cm) None