Women's embroidered robe jifu. Embroidery on red silk ground, with roundels of shou characters surrounded by floral and cloud motifs. Lined in light blue silk. Red silk embroidered with coloured silks and silver-gilt thread in satin, split, long and short, stem and Pekin knot stitches with couched work. Broad band of stripes round the hem with swirling waves above around the world mountain in the centre.
Jewels and various lucky symbols including ruyi sceptre and swastika appear amongst the waves. The front of the robe is decorated with three roundels consisting of a shou characters surrounded by dragons, clouds, bats, peaches and lucky symbols. Three similar roundels on the back of the robe and one on the upper part of each sleeve. The neck has a border and the sleeves have bands and deep shaped cuffs of dark blue silk embroidered with shou characters, dragons, clouds, bats, peaches and lucky symbols, with a band of couched silver-gilt threads and an edging of blue silk with a pattern woven in gold threads.
Lined with blue silk damask with a design of peonies, narcissus and other flowers. The robe opens at the front and is fastened by two round gilt metal buttons with dark blue silk loops.