Chinese robes

Chinese

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

19th Century

3 silk robes: 1) a Taotai's (high civil servant) official winter coat in thick blue brocaded silk; 2) a Taotai's official coat, summer wear, in thin blue brocaded silk; 3) a lady's robe, pink embroidered silk.

• Medium: silk
• ArtFunded in: 1933
• Presented by Paul King through The Art Fund

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