Jacket

Short red jacket with embroidery. The jacket has a standing collar, long tapered sleeves and centre opening with frog closures and a metal clasp. Around the neck is a black scalloped border with butterfly, bat, chrysanthemum, bamboo and fruit motifs, edged with white floral trim. On the front and back are peony, butterfly, bat, bamboo, phoenix and prunus motifs on red ground. The bottom hem is edged with green. The sleeves have striped bands in black, blue, purple, cream and green. Embroidered on the front of the bands are butterfly, spider, dragon fly, bat and cricket motifs. On the back of the bands are peaches, pomegranate, ‘Buddha’s hand’ and berry motifs. The inside is lined with green silk.