AN IMPERIAL EDICT, KANGXI TO DAOGUANG PERIOD (1662-1850)

AN IMPERIAL EDICT
KANGXI TO DAOGUANG PERIOD (1662-1850)
This edict reads from left to right in Manchu and repeated from right to left in Chinese characters, the first sections of each text are woven in the silk brocade, the subsequent hand written inscriptions correspond to the 21st year of Kangxi (1682), 8th year of Yongzheng (1730), 24th year of Qianlong (1759), 15th year of Jiaqing (1810), 18th year of Jiaqing (1813), and the 17th year of Daoguang (1837), all stamped with impressions of the imperial zhi gao zhi bao seal.
Handscroll, ink on embroidered silk brocade
12 ¼ x 161 ¾ in. (31 x 410.8 cm.)

Pre-Lot Text
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