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A PAIR OF SMALL YELLOW-GROUND GRISAILLE-DECORATED For much of her tenure as Regent to her son, the Tongzhi Emperor, the
RECTANGULAR JARDINIÈRES AND STANDS Empress Dowager Cixi lived in the Tihe Dian (Hall of Manifest Harmony),
LATE 19TH CENTURY, TIHE DIAN ZHI SEAL MARKS IN IRON-RED TO which was was one of the six palaces in the northwestern sector of the
THE BASES Forbidden City. In R. Longsdorf, 'Dayazhai Ware: Empress Dowager
Each jardinière is modelled with an everted rim supported on a slightly tapered Porcelain', Orientations, March 1992, p. 56, the author writes that such
body. The exterior is decorated with a combination of prunus, narcissus, lingzhi porcelains were produced from the Tongzhi or early Guangxu periods under
and nandina berries, and the short sides are decorated with an orchid spray. her supervision. The combination of narcissus (shuixian), nandina (tianzhu),
The rim is decorated with a linked wan-character band above a wave band. The
and lingzhi fungus form the auspicious rebus 'zhixian zhushou', which can
low stand is similarly decorated. Each vessel and stand bears a 'Tihe Dian zhi'
be interpreted as a wish for the Heavenly Immortal to give the receiver with
seal mark in iron-red to the base.
birthday blessings.
5⅛ in. (13 cm.) wide (2)

£15,000-20,000 US$20,000-26,000
€18,000-23,000 清十九世紀末 黃地墨彩芝仙祝壽紋花盆連座一對 礬紅
「體和殿製」篆書款
PROVENANCE:
Christie's Paris, 14 December 2011, lot 209.
A private European Collection.
來源：
巴黎佳士得2011年12月14日,拍品209
歐洲私人珍藏

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