"Empress Dowager Cixi is a fascinating figure because she represents a contradiction — she wielded immense power in a world ...

Specifically, it likely came from the Summer Palace occupied by Emperor Xianfeng. Going for a Song, the show that initially undervalued the vase, was known for featuring antique items brought in ...

Entombed here are the two wives of Emperor Xianfeng: the Eastern Empress Dowager Ci' an and the notorious Western Empress Dowager Cixi. The tombs were constructed simultaneously and in the same style.