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拍品专文
The inscriptions and depictions found on the current set of Imperial ink cakes suggest they represent ‘The Four Literary Pavilions’. During the Qianlong reign, under the leadership of scholar-official Ji Xiaolan, the compilation of Siku Quanshu (The Imperial Manuscript Library) which includes all major Chinese classics, was completed. Seven pavilions were constructed to house copies of the Siku Qianshu. The current ink cakes represent four of these important pavilions.
There is an identical set of ink cakes in the Palace Museum Collection, also in its original box similarly lined with yellow silk, but of black lacquer with a title inlaid with mother-of-pearl, illustrated in The Four Treasures of the Study – Inksticks and Writing Brushes, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2005, no. 99. For other examples of imperial ink cake sets in their original boxes, refer to one set, dated to Qianlong thirtieth year, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3223; and another set from the Qing Court Collection in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo wenfang sibao quanji (1): Mo, vol.1, Beijing, 2007 , p. 164, no. 167.
There is an identical set of ink cakes in the Palace Museum Collection, also in its original box similarly lined with yellow silk, but of black lacquer with a title inlaid with mother-of-pearl, illustrated in The Four Treasures of the Study – Inksticks and Writing Brushes, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2005, no. 99. For other examples of imperial ink cake sets in their original boxes, refer to one set, dated to Qianlong thirtieth year, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3223; and another set from the Qing Court Collection in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo wenfang sibao quanji (1): Mo, vol.1, Beijing, 2007 , p. 164, no. 167.