A MOULDED CIRCULAR INK

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A MOULDED CIRCULAR INK
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The ink cake is moulded on one side with a circular panel depicting two jardinieres and a vase, each containing either a scholar's rock or a plant, surrounded by a gilt border moulded with an inscription, Qianlong binyin ba yue zhongqiu Wu Shomo zao (made by Wu Shomo in the eighth month of the binyin year of Qianlong period, corresponding to 1746). The other side of the ink cake has an inscription, yu qing (purity of jade) followed by a seal underneath, tushu zhenshang (genuine appreciation of painting and books), framed by a similar gilt border with an inscription, Yanluzhai an shiwan ganfa zao (Yanluzhai made [this] according to the method of Ten Thousand Grindings).
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) diam., box

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Wu Shomo, a native of She County, Anhui Province, was a well-known ink maker in the early Qing dynasty, who named his workshop Yanluzhai. As a tradition among Chinese ink makers, the subsequent generation that had been handed over the practice would continue the use of the name of the master and the name of the workshop, as is this the case with the present example, which bears the signature of Wu Shomo but with a Qianlong period date.

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