Lot Essay
Another scroll of 'Bamboo and Prunus Blossom', by the Empress Dowager Cixi, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, the Imperial Sale, 27 April 1997, lot 102.
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EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI (1835-1908)
Details
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EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI (1835-1908)
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
Signed: Yu Bi (painted by the Imperial hand)
Five seals of the artist: Ci Xi Huang Tai Hou Zhi Bao, Da Ya Zhai, Fu Tian Wu Liang, Bai Shun Ding Lai, and Zhao Yang Qing Fen
Dated the Winter of the jiawu year, Guanxu reign (1894)
Colophon by Lu Baozhong (late 19th century) with one seal, Han Lin Gong Feng
With an inscription on the silk mounting by Li Wentian (1834-1895)
'25 x 62.2 cm (49 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.)
EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI (1835-1908)
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
Signed: Yu Bi (painted by the Imperial hand)
Five seals of the artist: Ci Xi Huang Tai Hou Zhi Bao, Da Ya Zhai, Fu Tian Wu Liang, Bai Shun Ding Lai, and Zhao Yang Qing Fen
Dated the Winter of the jiawu year, Guanxu reign (1894)
Colophon by Lu Baozhong (late 19th century) with one seal, Han Lin Gong Feng
With an inscription on the silk mounting by Li Wentian (1834-1895)
'25 x 62.2 cm (49 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 April 2000, lot 616
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