On the ebony stand you see an
ivory-buttoned yellow silk vest with a rising sun emblem in flamestitched crimson
and gold satin, a pale blue
watered silk vest edged with tiny hammered silver disks, a
cream brocade vest with satin insets of brilliant green and gold dragonflies,
a black silk vest with embroidered
roundels of blossoms encircled by crimson and gold phoenix, an
ivory silk vest embroidered with deep violet lotus blossoms and edged with scrimshaw
beadwork and a vest of jade
green silk faintly patterned with silver wasps.