Description
SILK EMBROIDERED LADY'S SHORT ROBE
LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY ???? ???????????with long and wide sleeves, embroidered on a navy silk ground with 'one hundred butterflies' motif, flowers and 'shou' roundels decorating the hem(1)139.2cm across sleeves; 73.3cm highProvenance: Private London collection, acquired from an estate in Ruislip, London