CHINESE
Imperial mandate conferring a viscountcy on Enling
(皇帝賜恩齢子爵誥命)
1857

Medium
ink and pigment on cloth and paper

Measurements
35.0 × 554.3 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Messrs Bluett & Son, 1947

Gallery location
Not on display

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.

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CHINESE
Imperial mandate conferring a viscountcy on Enling
(皇帝賜恩齢子爵誥命)
1857