Sold for $3,438

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

With Signature of Empress Dowager Cixi

(Chinese, 1835-1908)

Orchids and Butterflies
ink and color on silk
signed and dated 1897, with three seals, Cixi huang tai hou yu bi zhi bao, jin zhao yu cui, yang tai he, with a titleslip by Wang Zuxi (1858-1908), dated 1900.
慈禧（款）
花蝶圖
絹本設色，鏡片
款識：光緒丁酉（1897）五月上浣御筆。
鈐印：慈禧皇太後御筆之寶、金照玉粹、養太和
簽條：慈禧皇太后繪花鳥圖，安吉吳夢坤所藏。庚子（1900）春月王祖錫署。
鈐印：曾藏王惕安處

Image: 30 1/4 x 9 3/4 in., 77 x 24.5 cm.

Condition Report

Overall good stable condition. Some creasing and spotting.

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