TIHEDIAN ZHI FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK, TONGZHI-GUANGXU PERIOD (1862-1908)

The Tihedian (Hall of Manifest Harmony) was one of the six palaces in the northwestern sector of the Forbidden City where the Empress Dowager Cixi lived during much of her tenure as Regent to her son, Emperor Tongzhi. A circular box and cover, also with incised decoration and Tihedian zhi seal mark under a soft lemon-yellow enamel, from the George Weishaupt Collection, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3338. Three jardinières, also with incised decoration under a pale yellow enamel were included in the exhibition, Treasures of the Palace Museum: Empress Dowager Cixi's Porcelain, the Capital Museum, Beijing, 2013.