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Auction archive: Lot number 98

AN IMPERIAL EDICT

Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$6,451 - US$10,323
Price realised:
£11,875
ca. US$15,323
Auction archive: Lot number 98

AN IMPERIAL EDICT

Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$6,451 - US$10,323
Price realised:
£11,875
ca. US$15,323
Beschreibung:

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.) Provenance From a private European collection, acquired in Asia in the early 20th Century. Property of a private European Gentleman.

Auction archive: Lot number 98
Auction:
Datum:
5 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

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.) Provenance From a private European collection, acquired in Asia in the early 20th Century. Property of a private European Gentleman.

Auction archive: Lot number 98
Auction:
Datum:
5 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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