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This imperial edict honours the parents of a Chinese official named Zhao Fan (1543-1617). 31 columns of text are written in standard script on a silk scroll manufactured in 1578. The text itself is dated November 26, 1582. Two imperial seals are visible at the end of the text, along with a registration number and the personal seal of Robert van Gulik. The scroll has four sections of different coloration and bears cloud-like patterns. Edges are damaged and two characters are missing.
Description: 水墨織錦, 手卷. 卷軸及上下邊欄殘佚, 卷首「天」和「皇」兩字缺. 以重疊祥雲紋為底, 色分褐黃, 暗黃, 深黃, 泥黃四色. 全文共31行, 自右起讀, 文字為墨筆楷書. 落款“萬曆十年十一月初二日”, 款上鈐蓋“制誥之寶”為篆書體璽印. 誥封結尾處有騎縫墨書編號“仁字柒拾玖號”, 並加蓋騎縫章“廣運之寶”. 拖尾織有“ 萬曆六年 月 日造”篆書字樣."
Date: "萬曆十年十一月初二日."
First sentence used as title.
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