An embroidered silk 'dragon' yoke
Qianlong/JiaqingThe quadrilobate shape enclosing four front-facing five-clawed dragons in gold and silver threads above a border of stylized waves crashing against auspicious emblems and terrestrial diagrams, on a black satin ground with patterned dragon roundels, and centred around a further dragon, all mounted with a floral border and lined in cotton.129.5cm (51in) wide