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PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR
A PALE YELLOW-GROUND SILK
BROCADE ‘DRAGON’ PANEL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of square shape, woven with a silver metallic
thread on a pale yellow ground depicting a
full face five-clawed central dragon coiled
around a flaming pearl and flanked by two
further five-clawed dragons on either side in
pursuit of a flaming pearl, framed and glazed
72.5 by 73.5 cm, 28½ by 28⅞ in.
‡ £ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 39,100-59,000 US$ 5,000-7,500
清十九世紀
黃地錦織五龍趕珠紋墊面

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PROPERTY OF A DUTCH COLLECTOR
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
DATED QIANLONG 16TH YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1751

written in gilt and ink on a woven silk
brocade, the edict describing an imperial
promotion conferred upon an official, the text
arranged in standard form reading from right
to left in kaishu (regular script) and repeated
in Manchu script reading from left to right,
with an imperial seal reading Zhi gao zhi bao
111 (the Seal of Edict) and dated to the 16th year
of the Qianlong reign, corresponding to 1751
Length 311 cm, 122⅖ in
£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 78,500-118,000 US$ 10,000-15,000
清乾隆十六年（1751年）
誥命文書
《清乾隆十六年十一月二十五日》款

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