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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF GENERAL JOSEPH W. STILWELL
980
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
QIANLONG-DAOGUANG PERIOD (1736-1850)
The edict is written and woven on silk brocade, and is mounted as a handscroll, reading from left to right in
Manchu, and repeated from right to left in Chinese characters, bearing inscriptions corresponding to the
30th year of Qianlong (1766), 52nd year of Qianlong (1788), 20th year of Jiaqing (1816), and the 22nd year
of Daoguang (1842), all stamped with seal impressions.
159√ x 12¡ in. (406 x 31.3 cm.)
$15,000-20,000

PROVENANCE
The Collection of General Joseph W. Stilwell (1883-1946), acquired in the early twentieth century,
and thence by descent within the family
清乾隆至道光 織錦誥命

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