Women's informal jacket in orange silk embroidered with flowers and precious objects, China, circa 1900 The damask background is decorated with flowers and precious objects, then embroidered with polychrome and gold threads of flowers, butterflies, bats, sapele, ruyi and the eight precious Buddhist objects: the endless knot, the fish, the lotus flower and the vase on the front; the canopy, the conch shell, the parasol and the wheel on the back. The collar and edges of the dress are trimmed with dark blue silk embroidered with swastika, flowers and auspicious symbols. The wide, straight sleeves are finished with pink silk bands embroidered with figures in gardens. The jacket closes on the right side with five openwork metal buttons. Max. height approx. 71.5 cm Slightly insolated, stains and small accidents in the embroidery.