Collection Online as of March 22, 2023

Ink Cake

1736–95

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China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign

(1736-95)

Ink cake

Overall: 10.6 x 3.6 cm (4 3/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

Gift of Henry W. Kent 1942.215.9

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

乾隆年製

Inscription Translation

Qianlong nian zhi (Made in the reign of Qianlong)

Inscription Remark

on the side of the cake

Provenance

?-1942

Henry W. Kent, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1942-present

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Wang Chi-chien. "Notes on Chinese Ink." Metropolitan Museum Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Dec., 1930). Reproduced: pp. 114-133, fig. 14 www.jstor.org

Hollis, Howard. "A Gift of Chinese Inks." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan., 1946). Mentioned: pp. 3-5, 11 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

History of The Chinese Book. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (organizer) (April 1-May 15, 1967).

Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 13, 2018-February 3, 2019).