Set of Ten Ink Cakes with Poems of the Ten Scenes at the West Lake in Cursive Script Style (xingshu)
1736–95
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Set of Ten Ink Cakes with Poems of the Ten Scenes at the West Lake in Cursive Script Style (xingshu), 1736–95. China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-95). Ink cakes; average: 3.9 x 8.3 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent 1942.215
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- Ink cakes
- Dimensions
- Average: 3.9 x 8.3 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 乾隆年製 Translation: Qianlong nian zhi (Made in the reign of Qianlong) Remark: on the side of each ink cake
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1942.215
- Credit Line
- Gift of Henry W. Kent
- Exhibitions
- History of The Chinese Book, Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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