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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
KANGXI PERIOD, DATED TO 1697 AND OF THE PERIOD
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AN IMPERIAL EDICT
KANGXI PERIOD, DATED TO 1697 AND OF THE PERIOD
The edict is written on silk brocade woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi-clouds mounted as a handscroll. The text is 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 19th day of the 7th month of the 36th year of Kangxi, corresponding to 1697. It is stamped with a large seal impression, continuing with the Manchu text.
122 1/8 in. x 12¼ in. (301 cm. x 31 cm.)
KANGXI PERIOD, DATED TO 1697 AND OF THE PERIOD
The edict is written on silk brocade woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi-clouds mounted as a handscroll. The text is 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 19th day of the 7th month of the 36th year of Kangxi, corresponding to 1697. It is stamped with a large seal impression, continuing with the Manchu text.
122 1/8 in. x 12¼ in. (301 cm. x 31 cm.)
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