Related ceremonial suits of armour are published, cf. the suit made for Emperor Qianlong, complete with a similar Sanskrit designed helmet, illustrated on the front cover of La Cité Interdite: Vie publique et privée des empereurs de Chine 1644-1911, and again on pl. 135. Another ceremonial armour which belonged to Emperor Xianfeng was included in the exhibition on loan from the Palace Museum, Beijing, Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace, The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, 2001, p. 91. A comparable armour dated to late 19th century, also embroidered with dragon medallions, from the Minneapolis Institute of Art is illustrated by. R. D. Jacobsen, Imperial Silks, vol. 1, 2000, p. 342, fig. 56b.

For a similar quiver from the Palace Museum, Beijing, see op. cit., 2001, p. 87. The Beijing quiver was worn by Emperor Qianlong when he inspected military troops, dressed in full ceremonial attire, in Nanyuan (South Park) in 1739. Although it is of similar shape to the present quiver, the Beijing example is covered with satin, and designed with additional side apertures where bows can be inserted from the side as well as in-between the central slot. The quiver rendered in red is seen on a portrait by Giuseppe Castiglione of Qianlong riding on horseback, illustrated ibid., p. 26. See also another quiver worn by Qianlong in a hunting scene, included in the exhibition, The Golden Exile, Macau, 2002, illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 81, no. 2.