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A SILK BROCADE IMPERIAL EDICT, DATED 清道光貳拾伍年（1845年）誥命文書《道光 A BROWN-GROUND EMBROIDERED ‘DRAGON’
DAOGUANG 25TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 貳拾伍年拾月拾五日》款 ALTAR COVER, QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
1845 CENTURY
the handscroll inscribed with Chinese kaishu and Manchu Height 111½ in., 283.2 cm; Width 44⅜ in., 112.7 cm
script in ink and color, composed of seven different colored
sections of silk brocade, the opening section with two ⊖ $ 12,000-15,000
dragons flanking the characters fengtian gaoming (‘imperial
mandate of heaven’) and repeated at the other end in 清十八 / 十九世紀 醬地繡金龍八吉祥紋桌墊
Manchu, the yellow brocade impressed with two imperial
seals zhi gao zhi bao (‘the edict seal’) and dated to the 15th
day of the 10th month of the 25th year of the Daoguang
reign (in accordance with 1845), a further section of textile
forming a protective covering over the rolled scroll
Height 12¾ in., 32.3 cm; Width 109½ in., 278.1 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

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