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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
TWO IMPERIAL EDICTS
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED 1780 AND 1790 RESPECTIVELY, AND OF THE PERIOD
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TWO IMPERIAL EDICTS
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED 1780 AND 1790 RESPECTIVELY, AND OF THE PERIOD
Each edict is written on woven silk brocade 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 Gaomin, 'By the Command of Heaven', flanked by a pair of dragons, the first with a long text and ending with the date 45th year of Qianlong, corresponding to 1780, stamped with a seal impression within a square, the other dated to 55th year of Qianlong, corresponding to 1790.
141 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (260 x 32 cm.)
191 x 12 5/8 in. (385 x 32 cm.) (2)
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED 1780 AND 1790 RESPECTIVELY, AND OF THE PERIOD
Each edict is written on woven silk brocade 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 Gaomin, 'By the Command of Heaven', flanked by a pair of dragons, the first with a long text and ending with the date 45th year of Qianlong, corresponding to 1780, stamped with a seal impression within a square, the other dated to 55th year of Qianlong, corresponding to 1790.
141 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (260 x 32 cm.)
191 x 12 5/8 in. (385 x 32 cm.) (2)
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, formed during the 1950s and 1960s
Brought to you by
Ruben Lien