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Chinese
Imperial mandate conferring a viscountcy on Enling (皇帝賜恩齢子爵誥 命) 1857
ink and pigment on cloth and paper
35.0 × 554.3 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Messrs Bluett & Son, 1947
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
China
Inscription
inscribed in yellow ink on black cloth c.l.: 咸 豐 六年 拾月拾 捌日
Accession Number
1025-D4
Department
Asian Art
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Physical description
The text is written in both Chinese and Manchu, in ink and colour on yellow, red, blue and black cloth woven with designs of dragons and white paper. The scroll was inscribed with the date of the reign of the Manchu emperor Xianfeng (r. 1851-1861) in Chinese characters in yellow ink on black cloth. According to the Chinese text, this imperial mandate is conferring a viscountcy on Enling 恩齢 who was a younger brother of the Empress.