Lot Essay
The present edict, which opens with the four-character title, Fengtian Gaoming, 'By Command of Heaven', proclaims a promotion granted to a Manchu official.
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JIAQING PERIOD, DATED TO 1799
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AN IMPERIAL EDICT
JIAQING PERIOD, DATED TO 1799
The edict is written on a woven silk brocade and mounted as a handscroll with the text arranged in standard form reading from right to left in Chinese characters and repeated from left to right in Manchu. The Chinese text is followed by the date fourth year of Jiaqing corresponding to 1799, stamped with a large seal impression.
105 x 12 1/4 in. (266.8 x 31.2 cm.) long
JIAQING PERIOD, DATED TO 1799
The edict is written on a woven silk brocade and mounted as a handscroll with the text arranged in standard form reading from right to left in Chinese characters and repeated from left to right in Manchu. The Chinese text is followed by the date fourth year of Jiaqing corresponding to 1799, stamped with a large seal impression.
105 x 12 1/4 in. (266.8 x 31.2 cm.) long
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