Period:Unknown Production date:1736
Materials:jade, silk,
Technique:engraved
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Length: 29.20 centimetres Width: 12.70 centimetres (each leaf)
Description:
Book on 10 leaves, engraved with two dragons and inscriptions in Chinese and Manchu recording the change of posthumous name of the Empress. Dated. Made of engraved jade, strung on flat yellow cord, with yellow silk binding and four rectangles of yellow silk woven with design in gold thread (to act as padding between the book leaves).
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Comments:See register for transliteration of names (in Wade-Giles).
Materials:jade, silk,
Technique:engraved
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Length: 29.20 centimetres Width: 12.70 centimetres (each leaf)
Description:
Book on 10 leaves, engraved with two dragons and inscriptions in Chinese and Manchu recording the change of posthumous name of the Empress. Dated. Made of engraved jade, strung on flat yellow cord, with yellow silk binding and four rectangles of yellow silk woven with design in gold thread (to act as padding between the book leaves).
IMG
Comments:See register for transliteration of names (in Wade-Giles).
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