Skirt made of one and one-half panels of shiny red brocade with a background pattern of full and half roundels with a stylized Chinese character surrounded by cloud-like patterns, with smaller curvilinear patterns between. The skirt is open at the back, and is lined with red nylon transparent fabric. The panels are pleated and inserted into a band of similar fabric but with a floral pattern. The upper edge of the band is scalloped, with the points of the scallops meeting the ends of two shoulder straps of the nylon lining. On both sides of the back opening are embroidered simple yellow chrysanthemums with green stems and leaves, and with a border at the side and bottom of green leaves On the centre front near the bottom are embroidered two Chinese characters in blue, one above the other. On each side of the characters is embroidered a phoenix facing the centre, with five long tail feathers in green, white, blue, yellow, and turquoise, with metallic thread throughout.

Upper body garment made of bright yellow and red shiny fabric lined with red nylon transparent fabric. The long sleeves are deeply inset with seams curving outwards towards the underarms, and are made of brocade woven in stripes in six different colours parallel to the body of the garment. Embellished with flowers, bats, butterflies, and stylized Chinese characters woven in red. The seam of the sleeves, under the arms, has a pronounced convex curve narrowing to the wrist. The body of the garment curves downwards to the centre front and back. It opens at the front. The front panels overlap to the right when closed and fasten with long ribbon ties made of the same fabric as that at the wrist. The left panel and the centre back seam are edged with red piping. The lower point of the left panel has an appliquéd motif in red approximately the shape of a heart with pink flowers and green stems embroidered above. A phoenix facing the centre of the garment is embroidered on each side with multicoloured thread. Red panels are inserted under each arm. The garment has a deep V neck outlined with an appliquéd red facing outlined in black piping, as are the seams attaching the sleeves. There is also a narrow facing or collar of white fabric.

Pair of white socks (part a-b). The sock has wide ankles, rounded heel and foot angled downward. Two layers of fabric are sewn together around the edge. The outer is of heavy white nylon fabric, and the inner layer is heavy white cotton fabric. The cotton layer has a machine stitched hem at the top. A gold and red paper label is pasted on one side of each sock.

White and green jacket. The jacket is made of shiny stiff white fabric with a woven pattern of roundels enclosing a stylized character. The centre opening overlaps to the right when fastened with long green ribbon ties. The deep V neckline has appliqué green facing. The left outer facing is rounded at the lower edge, while the right is straight and projects beyond the front edge. The neck is finished with a narrow outer facing or collar of white paper covered with sheer fabric. There is a seam down the centre back. The long sleeves are set in with a straight seam and a convex curve on the lower edge, narrowing to the wrist. There is a green band around the wrists. Thin green inner ties are sewn to the right inner facing and the left underarm seam. The inner lining is fine white nylon mesh, with an interfacing of coarser nylon mesh.

Doll representing a female figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. The doll's face and hands are painted white, with eyes and eyebrows painted in black and the mouth painted in pink. The doll's hair is painted in black on the crown of her head with a braid hanging down her back and adhered to the back of her head. A strip of blue-green silk is braided into the hair, and the braid is tied at the top with a ribbon of burgundy silk. She wears a pink skirt with a white cotton waistband with long ties, tied in a single-loop bow at the front over two pairs of white under trousers with a back slit, the outer pair of which is voluminous. Above this she wears a short greenish-yellow jacket with burgundy outer neck facing and wristbands, and narrower white neck facing. This is tied with burgundy ribbons in a single-loop bow. She wears shoes with pointed, upturned toes painted pink with a black linear and loop design, and socks of white ramie.

Doll figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. The face and hands are painted white, with the eyes and eyebrows painted in black, and the mouth painted in pink. The hair is painted black on the crown of the head with a braid of stiff black hair attached to the back of the head. The hair is braided with a strip of blue-green silk, and the braid is tied at the top with a band of burgundy silk doubled over so that there are no raw edges. The figure is dressed in a pink long-sleeved silk robe with a white neckband, over which is a long gored blue silk vest fastened with a single round glass button and secured with a burgundy silk cord at underarm height. The figure wears pink shoes with black ornamentation, white leg wrappers, and long white underpants with a white loincloth, above which is a short white under-jacket.

Trousers made of white ramie. Trousers have a wide, straight waistband from which the legs angle out in a wide V. There is a continuous seam on the inner edge of the legs and rounded crotch and second seams, front and back, about one third of the width away from the centre seam. An additional seam, front and back, angles away from the centre of the crotch to one of the leg seams. The inner edge of the trousers is rounded in a convex curve, narrowing to the ankle. All hems and seams are very narrow.

Padded under-trousers of fine white cotton fabric, lined with coarser off-white fabric. Pants are angled out from the pleated waistband to the ankles. Waistband opening at the back, attached to narrower long ties. Pleats face towards centre seams, front and back. Flared panels are attached to each side of the back opening, which is carried on in the open inner leg seam, sewed together just above the ankle. Dark blue ribbons of shiny silk are attached to each inner leg seam at the bottom. There is a horizontal seam in the outer white fabric at about knee level.

A circular brooch with cross-pin. The edge is bordered with 14 deep scallops, inside each of which is a halfmoon cutout. Inner ring of 14 triangular cutouts. Engraving between the halfmoons and triangles, and also radiating out from circular central cutout. Maker’s mark.

Circular brooch with protruding bosses around outer edge. Three rows of cutouts (ellipses, halfmoons, and triangles). Engraved zigzag lines on outer rim and midline of brooch. Central circular cutout. Cross-pin bent through hole. Maker’s mark stamped near outer rim.