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Lot 542
Sale 487 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 20, 2017
9:59AM
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$2,000 -
4,000
Price Realized
$1,250
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Lot Description
Part of an Imperial Edict
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), DATED 1670
ink and color on woven silk brocade decorated with a pattern of ruyi clouds, the text reading from the right to left in Chinese opening with four characters fengtian gaoming ("By Command of Heaven"), flanked by a pair of dragons, followed by the further section, impressed with a large square imperial seal zhigao zhibao ("the edict seal"), dated to the ninth year and the fifth month of Kangxi reign (corresponding to year 1670), framed.
11 1/4 x 52 inches (image).
