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170 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
182 SOTHEBY’S
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
DATED QIANLONG 36TH YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1771

mounted as a handscroll, made from ve sections
of di erent colored brocade woven with a cloud
pattern, inscribed in Chinese and Manchu script, the
opening section woven with two dragons anking
the characters fengtian gaoming (Imperial Mandate
of Heaven), repeated in the Manchurian section,
each section ended with an imperial seal reading Zhi
gao zhi bao (The Seal of Edict)
Length 168⅞ in., 429 cm; Width 12⅜ in., 31.4 cm

$ 8,000-12,000

1771

170

PROPERTY OF A CHICAGO PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A ‘HUANGHUALI’ TALL BASIN STAND
(MIANPENJIA)
LATE QING DYNASTY

two tall upright members with confronting chilong
nials continuing to openwork brackets, joined by

horizontal stretchers forming a towel rack above a
shaped box and cover, connected to the basin stand
by four further legs, joined at the top and base by
stretchers forming an openwork hexagon
Height 70 in., 177.8 cm; Width 15 in., 38.1 cm;
Depth 15½ in., 39.4 cm

Ⴚ$ 15,000-25,000