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AN IMPERIAL EDICT                                     AN IMPERIAL EDICT                                    AN IMPERIAL EDICT
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661), DATED TO                  DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850), DATED TO                DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850), DATED TO
1657 AND OF THE PERIOD                                1835 AND OF THE PERIOD                               1828 AND OF THE PERIOD

清順治 織錦加官封冕聖旨《順治十                                      清道光 織錦聖旨誥命《道光十五                                      清道光 織錦聖旨誥命《道光八年》
四年》（1657）誥命                                           年》（1835）誥命                                           （1828）誥命

The edict is written on silk brocade woven with       The edict is written on a woven silk brocade and     The edict is written on a woven silk brocade and
a pattern of scattered ruyi-clouds mounted as         mounted as a handscroll with the text arranged in    mounted as a handscroll with the text arranged
a handscroll, with the text arranged in standard      standard form reading from right to left in Chinese  in standard form reading from right to left in
form reading from left to right in Manchu and         characters and repeated from left to right in        Chinese characters and repeated from left to right
repeated from right to left in Chinese characters.    Manchu. The Chinese text is followed by the date     in Manchu. It is dated to the eighth year of the
The Chinese text opens with a four-character title    ffteenth year of Daoguang corresponding to 1835,     Daoguang era corresponding to 1828, stamped
in a vertical line, Fengtian Gaoming, ‘By Command     stamped with a large seal impression.                with a large seal impression.
of Heaven’, fanked by a pair of dragons, followed
by a long text ending with the date 14th year of the  13 x 164 in. (32 x 417 cm.)                          13 x 140 in. (33 x 355.5 cm.)
Shunzhi period, corresponding to 1657. Stamped
with two large seal impressions, the edict            £2,000-3,000                 $3,100-4,500            £1,500-2,500                   $2,300-3,800
continues with the Manchu text.                                                    €2,800-4,100                                           €2,100-3,400

12Ω x 137 in. (31.5 x 348 cm.)                        PROVENANCE:

£4,000-6,000                    $6,100-9,100          A Private American Collection, acquired in Asia
                                €5,500-8,100          prior to 1940.

PROVENANCE:                                           來源：美國私人珍藏，於1940年之
                                                      前購入
A Private American Collection, acquired in Asia
prior to 1940.                                        The present edict, which opens with the four-
                                                      character title, Fengtian Gaoming, ‘By Command
來源：美國私人珍藏，於1940年之                                     of Heaven’, proclaims a praise given to a Manchu
前購入                                                   oficial.

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