Calligraphy composed of a Chinese character painted in black ink on a square of red paper.

Calligraphy composed of a Chinese character painted in black ink on a square of red paper.

Rectangular piece of red paper with hand painted black calligraphy.

Wide, long flared tunic with a rounded lower edge, made of cotton fabric dyed with heavy purple dye. Round neck with low upright collar. Fastens at side with frog closings. Pocket inside the front closing where it overlaps. Deep creases forming squares on body of garment and angles where sleeves join it.

Black tunic with short Mandarin collar, side slits and side opening with frog closures. The bottom hem is curved upwards. There is a pocket on the right inner flap. The inside is unlined.

Black shirt (part a) with a black woven stripe pattern. The shirt has a standing collar, long sleeves, side slits and a side opening with frog closures. The pattern repeats thin vertical lines, one wavy and one straight, in black thread on black ground. There is a pocket on the right inner flap. The inside is unlined.

Blue jacket. The jacket has a standing collar, long sleeves and a centre opening with plastic buttons. There is a row of three buttons on each sleeve cuff. There are two large pockets on the lower front and one smaller pocket on the upper left. The inside is unlined.

Black damask silk pants (part b) with straight-cut pant legs. There is a gray cotton cord strung through the simple waistband, visible at the centre seams. The damask is woven containing leafy sprays with oval hanging fruit and circular ornaments. The inside is unlined.

Black glazed blouse with rounded neck, long sleeves and side opening with metal frog closures. Around the neck is a light and dark blue band with a triangle motif. The inside is unlined.

Pair of cuffs, each an off-white cotton tube with blue edging at the opening for the hand, which scoops back towards the arm at the inner wrist. There is a blue fabric finger loop at the centre top.