An Imperial Edict
Guangxu Period, 1875
Ink on silk woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi-clouds, mounted as a handscroll, written in Manchu and Han script, the text opening with a four-character title Feng Tian Gao Ming or by command of Heaven, flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by a long inscription, stamped with two large seals, with a wood box.
12 1/4 x 156in (31.5 x 397cm)
Ink on silk woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi-clouds, mounted as a handscroll, written in Manchu and Han script, the text opening with a four-character title Feng Tian Gao Ming or by command of Heaven, flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by a long inscription, stamped with two large seals, with a wood box.
12 1/4 x 156in (31.5 x 397cm)
Sold for
US$ 2,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 清光緒 誥命 手卷 一八七五年作
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