Lot 277

EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI (1835-1908)
PINE




Auction: 9 May 2017 at 16:00 BST
£10,750
Description
fan, ink and colour on paper, titled Hua Lin Qing Yin (Clear Shadows in the Pine Forest), dated Jiawu year, Guangxu period (1894), with seals reading 'Cixi huang tai hou zhi bao', 'lan', 'wan' and 'li zao shu hua', the reverse with calligraphy in regular script signed Zhang Baixi (1847-1907), who was a Chinese government official
Dimensions
50cm wide, 30cm high
Footnote
Note:
For a very similar fan, also by Empress Dowager Cixi, see Bonhams sale in their Hong Kong rooms on 03.12.2008, sale 17007, lot 65,



