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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES
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A LACQUERED AND GILT WOOD IMPERIAL TEMPLE PLAQUE
Qianlong period, dated by inscription to 1738
The rectangular plaque carved with central characters shengzhi
‘Imperial Decree’, flanked by two long inscriptions recording this
edict granted by the District Governor Zhao Guolin to the wife of the
deceased scholar Cheng Wenren. It praises her filial piety and chastity
in the years following her husband’s death, and recorded in Qianlong
3rd year (1738). The frame is embellished with multicolored lacquer
depicting confronted dragons contesting flaming jewels.
28 x 74 1/4in (71.2 x 188.6cm)
$5,000 - 7,000

1738年 漆描金「聖旨」匾額

See an imperial temple plaque is in the collection of the British
Museum, accessioned 1842, Museum number 1112.1.

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