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AN IMPORTANT AND RARE SILK BROCADE 宣德元年(1426年) 昝卜巴冊封誥命
IMPERIAL EDICT 文書
DATED XUANDE 1ST YEAR, CORRESPONDING
TO 1426 來源
inscribed in ink in Han and Tibetan and affixed with imperial 耕織堂收藏
seal, mounted as a handscroll
Height 12 in., 30.5 cm; Length 121¼ in., 307.98 cm
PROVENANCE
Geng Zhi Tang Collection.
$ 80,000-120,000
236 SOTHEBY’S COMPLETE CATALOGUING AVAILABLE AT SOTHEBYS.COM/N11275 AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHINESE TEXTILES 237