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JIAQING PERIOD, DATED TO 1819
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AN IMPERIAL EDICT
JIAQING PERIOD, DATED TO 1819
The edict written on silk, 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 24th year of Jiaqing, corresponding to 1819, stamped with a large seal impression. The text confers a commendation for the military Governor of the Teo Chow Unit (Canton province).
140½ in. (357 cm.) long
JIAQING PERIOD, DATED TO 1819
The edict written on silk, 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 24th year of Jiaqing, corresponding to 1819, stamped with a large seal impression. The text confers a commendation for the military Governor of the Teo Chow Unit (Canton province).
140½ in. (357 cm.) long
Provenance
The Andrew Franklin collection of Asian art, Christie's South Kensington, 10 May 2006, lot 12.
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