Lot Essay
The present edict, which opens with the four-character title, Fengtian Gaoming, 'By Command of Heaven', proclaims a praise given to a Manchu official.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO 1828
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AN IMPERIAL EDICT
DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO 1828
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 eighth year of Daoguang corresponding to 1828, stamped with a large seal impression.
149 x 13 in. (377.5 cm. x 33 cm.) long, wood box
DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO 1828
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 eighth year of Daoguang corresponding to 1828, stamped with a large seal impression.
149 x 13 in. (377.5 cm. x 33 cm.) long, wood box
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