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这是一类慈禧太后御笔书画题材的作品，通常是为慈禧太后晚年祝寿而作，寓意吉祥，是晚清宫廷绘画风格的重要代表。慈禧的书法以楷书和行书为主，字体特点是修长、圆润，被称为“瘦金体”的变体虽不如宋徽宗瘦金体之刚劲，但多了一份妇人的秀媚与柔韧，俗称“慈禧体”。寿中花，这是一个非常吉祥且具有特定意义的画品，此立轴描绘的是寓意长寿的祥瑞花卉，如牡丹、菊花、海棠、灵芝以多种花卉围合衬托的篆书寿字。慈禧偏爱鲜艳的色彩，尤其是朱红、石绿、藤黄等高纯度颜色。花卉采用工笔重彩画法，借鉴了西洋画的明暗立体感使得花朵看起来颇为逼真且富有质感，被称为“没骨花鸟”的一种变体。“慈禧太后款 寿中花立轴” 是一件典型的晚清宫廷祝寿题材书画。它以富贵的牡丹、长寿的松桃或寿字为核心元素，辅以浓艳的色彩和圆润的御笔书法，展现了慈禧太后晚年偏好的审美趣味。This is a type of artwork in the theme of Empress Dowager Cixi’s calligraphy and painting, usually created to celebrate her longevity in her later years, symbolizing good fortune, and is an important representation of late Qing court painting style. Cixi’s calligraphy primarily features regular script and running script, characterized by elongated and rounded strokes. The variant known as 'Slender Gold Style' is less forceful than Emperor Huizong of Song's Slender Gold Style, but it carries a more feminine elegance and suppleness, commonly referred to as 'Cixi Style.' 'Longevity Flowers' is a very auspicious painting with specific meaning. This hanging scroll depicts auspicious flowers symbolizing longevity, such as peonies, chrysanthemums, crabapples, and lingzhi mushrooms, arranged around the seal script character for longevity. Cixi favored bright colors, especially highly saturated tones like vermilion, stone green, and rattan yellow. The flowers are painted using the meticulous heavy-color technique, borrowing the light and shadow effects of Western painting to make them appear vivid and textured, a variant known as 'boneless flower-and-bird painting.' 'Hanging Scroll of Longevity Flowers with Cixi’s Inscription' is a typical late Qing court painting with a longevity celebration theme. It features peonies symbolizing wealth, pine and peaches symbolizing longevity, or the character for longevity as central elements, complemented by rich colors and rounded imperial calligraphy, reflecting Empress Dowager Cixi’s aesthetic tastes in her later years.