CHINA - Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) - Lot 67

CHINA - Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) General's parade armor in dark blue silk and black velvet decorated with gilded bronze studs, embroidered with polychrome thread medallions of five-clawed dragons chasing the sacred pearl among stylized clouds and bats, above a band of lishui and sacred peaks. It features a jacket, skirt and epaulets adorned with gilded, embossed, openwork copper plates of dragons, and a metal mirror surrounded by openwork friezes of dragons chasing the sacred pearl. The helmet in openwork gilded metal with dragons and Sanskrit characters, neck protection in fabric adorned with openwork gilded metal medallions of dragons and nails. Light blue silk lining.