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Official government seal with inscription in Chinese and Manchu scriptfront

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Official government seal with inscription in Chinese and Manchu script

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Date
    1749
    Material and technique
    silver
    Dimensions
    14.3 x 10.6 x 10.6 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › metal › silver
    Object type index
    production/replication › matrix › seal,
    tool/implement › matrix › seal,
    communications equipment › seal
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by E. H. North, 1970.
    Accession no.
    EA1970.72

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 85 on p. 32, illus. p. 32

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