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Imperial mandate conferring a viscountcy on Enling

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)
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Messrs Bluett & Son, 1947
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
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.