A VERY RARE SET OF IMPERIAL 'WEST LAKE' INK CAKES WITH FITTED BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE SET OF IMPERIAL 'WEST LAKE' INK CAKES WITH FITTED BOX AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Comprising ten ink cakes of varying shapes and colors, each molded with a scene from the West Lake on one side and with an imperially inscribed and gilded poem on the other side describing the scene, each with one narrow side inscribed 'Qianlong nian zhi ' and one ink cake also inscribed ' chen Ji Qing gong ' (respectfully presented by your vassal Ji Qing), beneath the character ' jin ' (advance), all in the original black lacquered box with fitted compartments and lined in yellow silk on the interior of the cover and in yellow silk with a wan diaper ground on the interior of the box, framed by a lac burgauté -inlaid sawtooth border, the cover of the box inlayed in lac burgauté with an imperial inscription reading ' Yuzhi xihu mingsheng tushi zhuding ' (imperially made ink sticks depicting scenes from the West Lake) The box 13 7/16 x 9¾ in. (34.1 x 24.8 cm.)
A VERY RARE SET OF IMPERIAL 'WEST LAKE' INK CAKES WITH FITTED BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE SET OF IMPERIAL 'WEST LAKE' INK CAKES WITH FITTED BOX AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Comprising ten ink cakes of varying shapes and colors, each molded with a scene from the West Lake on one side and with an imperially inscribed and gilded poem on the other side describing the scene, each with one narrow side inscribed 'Qianlong nian zhi ' and one ink cake also inscribed ' chen Ji Qing gong ' (respectfully presented by your vassal Ji Qing), beneath the character ' jin ' (advance), all in the original black lacquered box with fitted compartments and lined in yellow silk on the interior of the cover and in yellow silk with a wan diaper ground on the interior of the box, framed by a lac burgauté -inlaid sawtooth border, the cover of the box inlayed in lac burgauté with an imperial inscription reading ' Yuzhi xihu mingsheng tushi zhuding ' (imperially made ink sticks depicting scenes from the West Lake) The box 13 7/16 x 9¾ in. (34.1 x 24.8 cm.)
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