AN IMPERIAL EDICT
KANGXI PERIOD, DATED TO 1697 AND OF THE PERIOD
AN IMPERIAL EDICT KANGXI PERIOD, DATED TO 1697 AND OF THE PERIOD The edict is written on silk brocade woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi -clouds mounted as a handscroll. The text is arranged in standard form reading from left to right in Manchu and repeated from right to left in Chinese characters. The Chinese text opens with a four-character title in a vertical line, Fengtian Gaoming , 'By Command of Heaven', flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by a long text ending with the date 19th day of the 7th month of the 36th year of Kangxi, corresponding to 1697. It is stamped with a large seal impression, continuing with the Manchu text. 122 1/8 in. x 12¼ in. (301 cm. x 31 cm.)
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
KANGXI PERIOD, DATED TO 1697 AND OF THE PERIOD
AN IMPERIAL EDICT KANGXI PERIOD, DATED TO 1697 AND OF THE PERIOD The edict is written on silk brocade woven with a pattern of scattered ruyi -clouds mounted as a handscroll. The text is arranged in standard form reading from left to right in Manchu and repeated from right to left in Chinese characters. The Chinese text opens with a four-character title in a vertical line, Fengtian Gaoming , 'By Command of Heaven', flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by a long text ending with the date 19th day of the 7th month of the 36th year of Kangxi, corresponding to 1697. It is stamped with a large seal impression, continuing with the Manchu text. 122 1/8 in. x 12¼ in. (301 cm. x 31 cm.)
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