LARGE YELLOW-GROUND GRISAILLE FISH BOWL QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD 清光緒 體和殿製款 黃地墨彩牡丹紋大缸 sturdily potted with rounded sides decorated in black grisaille with leafy peony branches issuing large blooms in various stages of growth against a bright yellow ground, the side inscribed with a four-character 'Ti He Dian Zhi' mark in iron red (53cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: Formerly in a private French collection Note: The Tihedian (Hall of Manifest Harmony) was one of the six palaces in the north-western sector of the Forbidden City where the Empress Dowager Cixi lived during much of her tenure as Regent to her son, Emperor Tongzhi. Special porcelains such as the present example, were designed and produced for several of these palaces. Compare to a massive pair of yellow-ground Tihedian-marked fishbowls sold at Christie’s New York, 29 November 1984, lot 577; another example of similar size was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 3126