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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
checks in salmon pink and blue and black patchwork,
embroidered with clusters of flowers. It is our opinion
(Q' --that the magnificent needlework robe formerly in the

FIG. 36. DETAIL OF THE WARRIOR's ROBE
SHOWN IN FIGURE 37

collection of Louis V. Ledoux is also a court theatrical
robe, and the large medallions of bats (fig. 13) suggest
the Taoist symbolism. These three robes are not repre-
sentations of ceremonial garb but rather of the daily
costume of Taoist priests, or Followers of the Way.
The symbolic patchwork of the Buddhist priest in the
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