AN IMPERIAL EDICT DATED QIANLONG 16TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1751 | 清乾隆十六年（1751年） 誥命文書 《清乾隆十六年十一月二十五日》款

PROPERTY OF A DUTCH COLLECTOR

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AN IMPERIAL EDICT

DATED QIANLONG 16TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1751

清乾隆十六年（1751年） 誥命文書《清乾隆十六年十一月二十五日》款

written in gilt and ink on a woven silk brocade, the edict describing an imperial promotion conferred upon an official, the text arranged in standard form reading from right to left in kaishu (regular script) and repeated in Manchu script reading from left to right, with an imperial seal reading Zhi gao zhi bao (the Seal of Edict) and dated to the 16th year of the Qianlong reign, corresponding to 1751

Length 311 cm, 122 2/5 in