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AN IMPORTANT AND RARE CHINESE TEXTILE DOCUMENT, YIXING GONGSI, DATED 1905. A certificate or diploma for the secret society, Yising Gongsi, founded in the 1860's during the Qing dynasty also known as the Patriotic Rising Society. Printed and handwritten on textile. Dated 'Tianyun year' for 1905, April 12th. 31cm x 13cmRef: For a close example see The British Museum, reg no. 1979,1039.20 purchased from Stanley Gibbons Ltd in 1979 which shows the upper section without the two lower sections.Provenance: From a private Somerset collection.
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With fraying to edges.
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AN IMPORTANT AND RARE CHINESE TEXTILE DOCUMENT, YIXING GONGSI. A certificate or diploma for the
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Antique and Decorative Asian Art
Bath, Somerset, UK
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