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178 | BONHAMS An Imperial Edict
Daoguang, 1828
Written in Manchu and Han script on silk
brocade woven with a pattern of scattered
ruyi-clouds mounted as a handscroll, inscribed
and stamped with two large seal impressions.
11 15/16in x 104in (30.3 x 264cm)
$5,000 - 7,000

清道光 誥命

The present edict is dated to the 9th
day of the 11th month of the 8th year of
the Daoguang period (1828), bestowing
posthumous titles from the Daoguang
Emperor upon the grandparents of
Sebuxing’e (色卜星額, 1780-1839), the
ethnically Mongolian governor of Gansu and
later Anhui provinces. In the final year of his
life, Sebuxing’e was honored with the exalted
rank of tutor to the crown prince (太子太保),
the future emperor Xianfeng.