Lot 1389
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A RARE LARGE PALE YELLOW-ENAMELED INCISED BASIN
A RARE LARGE PALE YELLOW-ENAMELED INCISED BASIN
A RARE LARGE PALE YELLOW-ENAMELED INCISED BASIN
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A RARE LARGE PALE YELLOW-ENAMELED INCISED BASIN

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

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A RARE LARGE PALE YELLOW-ENAMELED INCISED BASIN
TIHEDIAN ZHI FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK, TONGZHI-GUANGXU PERIOD (1862-1908)
The heavily potted basin has incised decoration of a five-clawed dragon leaping protectively around a flaming pearl amidst flames in the center, six panels of dragons and flaming pearls reserved on a wan-diaper ground on the interior and exterior walls, and bats swooping amidst clouds on the everted rim, all under enamel of pale yellow color that also covers the base.
16 ¼ in. (41.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Acquired in Hawaii, 1990s, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

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.

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