A black ground silk gauze chaofu skirt Late Qing dynasty The three sectioned summer skirt embroidered in couched gilt threads and colored silk floss with seventeen dragon roundels, the lower hemp decorated with confronting dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst ruyi cloud scrolls surrounding auspicious cranes and bats, all above crashing ocean waves, soaring mountain peaks, and a colorful lishui border, the waist band similarly decorated with the five-clawed dragons above pleated detail and attached with a ren square; lined with blue brocade bands. 39in (99cm) long