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AN IMPERIAL EDICT
AN IMPERIAL EDICT

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AN IMPERIAL EDICT
DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO 1835 AND OF THE PERIOD

Written on silk brocade woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi-clouds 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 Gaoming, 'By Command of Heaven', flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by a long text ending with the date 15th year of Daoguang, corresponding to 1835, stamped with a large seal impression, continuing with the Manchu text
107¼ x 13 in. (272.5 x 33.2 cm.)

拍品專文

The present edict proclaims a promotion granted to Wu Chunren, minister of Dali Temple.