清十九世紀晚期 藍地盤金寶塔龍紋降衣

worked in gold-wrapped threads with some knotted stitches to form a depiction of the cosmos, with a three-storied tower enclosed within a flaming nimbus, flanked by lions, with symbols for the sun, moon and stars above, all surrounded by five writhing dragons amid clouds, the sleeves decorated with auspicious emblems, the hem with the terrestrial diagram representing earth flanked by the bagua (Eight Trigrams), all within black brocade borders, framed

The robe is mounted and framed and has not been inspected outside of the frame. The blue silk is slightly faded and there are three short tears to the right shoulder and one on the back of the left sleeve. The ivory colored borders are stained and there is a gray stain on the lower right border. There is a repair to the face of the central dragon.
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