Rare silk court dress, jifu

Rare silk court dress, gauze jifu, silk, gold-thread embroidery of dragons chasing the sacred pearl among the clouds. Buddhist emblems are scattered among the clouds.

Attached are a mandarin cap with a Manchu braid, a pair of shoes, a black and blue silk skirt with blue monochrome embroidery (heavy stains), a pair of ladies’ shoes, a European fan.