Embroidered silk robe and sleeves which once belonged to the Emperor of China. It was taken from the Imperial Palace by Captain Henry Ely of the 99th Regiment - an antecedent regiment of the ...

Great-grandfather was RSM in Indian Army and posted to China in late 1800s. He returned with selection of items taken from palace in Peking. This robe of a noble was authenticated by V&A and is ...

This robe is part of a collection of Chinese textiles given to the University ... Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members ...

Besides temple fairs, I saw these Chinese "battle robes" being worn by visitors at ... clothing because she "didn't want to twist Chinese history." "I learned that this building was built during ...

"The origin of this garment lies in its Sanskrit name, kasaya, later adapted into Chinese as jiasha, meaning Buddhist ...