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QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED GENGCHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1760
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A SECTION OF AN IMPERIAL EDICT
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED GENGCHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1760
The edict is written on yellow silk in Chinese characters followed by Manchu script and alludes to the appointment of a high-ranking military honour by the emperor, ending with Qianlong gengchen chun yuti, which can be translated as "Imperially inscribed by the Qianlong emperor in Spring of Gengchen year", with one seal of Qianlong.
35 ½ x 12 ¼ in. (90.2 x 31.1 cm.)
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED GENGCHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1760
The edict is written on yellow silk in Chinese characters followed by Manchu script and alludes to the appointment of a high-ranking military honour by the emperor, ending with Qianlong gengchen chun yuti, which can be translated as "Imperially inscribed by the Qianlong emperor in Spring of Gengchen year", with one seal of Qianlong.
35 ½ x 12 ¼ in. (90.2 x 31.1 cm.)
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