Anonymous . Qing dynasty, dated 1785 - An imperial edict in Chinese and Manchu script. - image-1
Anonymous . Qing dynasty, dated 1785 - An imperial edict in Chinese and Manchu script. - image-2
Anonymous . Qing dynasty, dated 1785 - An imperial edict in Chinese and Manchu script. - image-1Anonymous . Qing dynasty, dated 1785 - An imperial edict in Chinese and Manchu script. - image-2

Lot 180 Dα

Anonymous . Qing dynasty, dated 1785 - An imperial edict in Chinese and Manchu script.

Auction 1213 - overview Cologne
09.12.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 10.080 € (incl. premium)
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An imperial edict in Chinese and Manchu script.

An imperial edict in Chinese and Manchu script. The text mentions the granting of an imperial promotion to a higher rank to the parents of an official named Fo'er Qing'e. Consisting of five fabrics in the colours brown, red, yellow, natural and light brown with woven pattern of clouds. The Chinese text is written right to left and the Manchu text is written left to right. Both inscription fields begin wtih a woven inscription in Chinese characters (feng tian gao ming; imperial order) and in Manchu script, flanked by the dragons. Dated Qianlong 50 (1785), 1st month, 1st day. Sealed Zhi gao zhi bao.
30.5 x 170 cm

清 五色織錦誥命聖旨 「佛爾卿額」 款
乾隆五十年正月初一日 1785年
左右分別以升降兩龍纏繞的"奉天誥命"起首, 以"誥命之寶"印璽結尾
來源: 德國Dr. Ernst Arthur Voretzsch (1868–1965) 收藏，此後由其家族傳承

Provenance

Collection Dr. Ernst Arthur Voretzsch (1868–1965), and thence by descent