Lot Essay
The present edict records an honour to a Manchu official Ekuli and his wife.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
SHUNZHI PERIOD, DATED TO 1661 AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
SHUNZHI PERIOD, DATED TO 1661 AND OF THE PERIOD
The edict is written on silk brocade woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi-clouds mounted as a handscroll, with the text arranged in standard form reading from left to right in Manchu and repeated from right to left in Chinese characters. The Chinese text opens with a four-character title in a vertical line, Fengtian Gaoming, 'By Command of Heaven', flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by a long text ending with the date 18th year of the Shunzhi period, corresponding to 1661. Stamped with two large seal impressions, the edict continues with the Manchu text.
79 x 11 1/2 in. (201 x 29.5 cm.), mounted, Japanese wood box
SHUNZHI PERIOD, DATED TO 1661 AND OF THE PERIOD
The edict is written on silk brocade woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi-clouds mounted as a handscroll, with the text arranged in standard form reading from left to right in Manchu and repeated from right to left in Chinese characters. The Chinese text opens with a four-character title in a vertical line, Fengtian Gaoming, 'By Command of Heaven', flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by a long text ending with the date 18th year of the Shunzhi period, corresponding to 1661. Stamped with two large seal impressions, the edict continues with the Manchu text.
79 x 11 1/2 in. (201 x 29.5 cm.), mounted, Japanese wood box
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