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EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI (1853-1908)
PEONIES
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
97.8 x 47.2 cm (38 1/2 x 18 2/3 in.)
Signed: Yu Bi (by Imperial hand)
Four seals of the artist: Da Ya Zhai, Cheng Xin Zheng Xing, Yu Wu Jie Chun, Ci Xi Huang Tai Hou Zhi Bao
Dated bingwu year of the Guangxu era (1906)
Inscribed with a poem by Zhang Boxi (1847-1907), signed, with two seals
Note:
1. With a fitted wooden box carved with a dragons pattern, and with a pair of cloisonne scroll ends
2. For brief biography of Zhang Bai'xi, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p. 1270
PEONIES
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
97.8 x 47.2 cm (38 1/2 x 18 2/3 in.)
Signed: Yu Bi (by Imperial hand)
Four seals of the artist: Da Ya Zhai, Cheng Xin Zheng Xing, Yu Wu Jie Chun, Ci Xi Huang Tai Hou Zhi Bao
Dated bingwu year of the Guangxu era (1906)
Inscribed with a poem by Zhang Boxi (1847-1907), signed, with two seals
Note:
1. With a fitted wooden box carved with a dragons pattern, and with a pair of cloisonne scroll ends
2. For brief biography of Zhang Bai'xi, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p. 1270