A SET OF SIXTY-FOUR INK CAKES

JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A SET OF SIXTY-FOUR INK CAKES
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
Of various shapes, each ink cake is moulded in shallow relief on one side with a scene depicting a hall, garden or other location in one of the imperial complexes, including Forbidden City, Beihai Park, and Summer Resort, with the other side moulded with an inscription identifying the scene. The thatched roof and inscriptions are highlighted in gilt. Thirty-seven ink cakes bear a Jiaqing nianzhi mark.
4¾ in. (12.3 cm.) the longest, fitted box

Provenance

Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection
Nicholas Grindley, London, 2006

Literature

Nicholas Grindley, Nicholas Grindley, 2006, no. 11

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Lot Essay

There are rubbings of moulds made by Hu Kaiwen with the same subject matter and design as the present lot in the Anhui Provincial Museum Collection, six of the rubbings were illustrated in Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji: Zhongguo wenfang sibao quanji, Beijing, 2007, pp. 193-195, no. 196-198. See, also, rubbings of a set of ink cakes nearly identical to the present lot, with each of the scene and location identified, in a book compiled by Shi Gufeng, titled Ink Mould Engraving of Huizhou, Hefei, 1985.

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