A five clawed dragon kesi robe on blue ground, Jifu, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Finely woven in the split weave technique with the prescribed nine five clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearls and hovering above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe amidst a ruyi-form cloud clusters interspersed with auspicious emblems such as bats and various renditions of shou characters, the arms are striped in gold. Length 135 cm. Width arm to arm 132 cm.

Tears, damages.