A Princely Chestnut-Brown Embroidered Silk 'Dragon' Robe, Jifu, 19th Century清 十九世纪 御制绛色地锻绣彩云金龙纹吉服The reddish-brown ground worked with couched gold thread with nine five-clawed dragons interspersed by ruyi-form clouds and auspicious emblems, all above multi-coloured waves, 56 x 78 in — 142.2 x 198.1 cmProvenance:Private Montreal family collection, acquired in Saigon around 1903-1906 by a senior executive for Royal Dutch Petroleum, thence by descent within the family.来源：蒙特利尔家族私人珍藏，1903年至1906年间由荷兰皇家石油公司高级管理人在西贡购得，此后由家族后裔传承至今Estimate: $6,000—8,000