Hajrandzsu tálja

Abstract

In the Hermitage there is a bowl with two little jugs in the exhibition dedicatedto the Mongolian period. Their inventory numbers are Ски-621 and Ски-593,594. Five lines of Manchu text can be seen on the bottom of this bowl: gulusuwayan / dergi boo / dergi amba fujin / buda / sunja yan. The most importantis dergi amba fujin, which means „Eastern Main Wife”. According to theManchu and Mongolian sources, she canbe identified as Hairanju, the daughterof Horchin Zaisang. Her sister and her aunt were also wives of Hung Taiji.