An elaborate side fastening Chinese women's bright blue jacket, Qing Dynasty, circa 1870, embroidered with ten gold thread roundels, each roundel is couched with precious scholarly objects and vases of flowers, butterflies and further flowers decorate the satin silk along side cream borders stitched with a trellis of gold thread, flowers and votives of exotic birds which are reflected in large format on the sleeve cuffs, a high collar, large ribbons and gold buttons add the final decoration to this elaborate robe, lined with blue silk, collar to hem 104.5cm high and sleeve to sleeve 159cm wide?Provenance: From a private American collection formed in the 1980's and 1990's?约清1870年 天蓝地盘金绣图团博古纹女褂Condition Report: one large area of water stain to one sleeve and some small areas of discolourationCondition Report Disclaimer