Coat
Title
Coat
Description
Manchu's man's semiformal court coat (chi-fu); brick red color; full-length garment; front overlap closing to the right fastened with 5 loop and gilt metal ball toggle buttons and 1 knotted-cord toggle button under front flap; papered sleeves ending with flared cuffs; front and back vents; 9 5-toed dragons; imperial motifs: i.e. lotus scroll waves mountains clouds cranes bats Buddhist knot rebus; silk twill woven design see J. Vollmer: _Decoding Dragons_ plate 111
Identifier
1977.001.001