An Imperial edict from the Kangxi reign

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Period Kangxi period (1662-1722) Description Horizontal hand scroll, ink on woven brocade, with parallel text in Chinese and Manchurian, dated 'the twenty-third day of the tenth month of the twenty-seventh year of the Kangxi reign' corresponding to 1688. Dimensions 282 x 31 cm Literature The imperial edict was a gaoming—an honorary certificate or appointment bestowed by the emperor upon officials and their families.

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