細節
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
QIANLONG, DATED TO 1761, AND OF THE PERIOD
Written on silk brocade woven with ruyi-cloud pattern-ground mounted as a handscroll, 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 opening with a four-character title in a vertical line, Fengtian Gaomin, 'By the Command of Heaven', flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by a long text and ending with the date, 26th year of the Qianlong reign, corresponding to 1761, stamped with a large seal impression bearing the four characters, Zhigao zhibao, 'A permit to authorise', next to its Manchu transliteration within a square (minor stains, missing scroll ends)
75 3/4 x 12 in. (192 x 30.5 cm.)