ID 861872
Lot 3078 | A SET OF SIXTEEN IMPERIAL INK CAKES
Estimate value
HKD 200 000 – 300 000
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
The ink cakes are of various shapes, each is moulded in shallow relief on one side with a scene depicting a hall, garden, or other location in one of the imperial complexes, and the other side with an inscription identifying the scene. The inscriptions and decoration are highlighted in gilt with occasional green details. Each ink cake bears a Jiaqing nianzhi four-character mark on the side. The set is accompanied by a four-tiered wooden box with a bail handle on each side, and the front of the cover is incised with an inscription Yuyuan tumo, ‘Imperial garden scenes ink cakes’.
The largest: 4 11/16 in. (12 cm.) long
Box: 9 in. (22.7 cm.) wide, 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) deep, 5 1/4 in. (13.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's London, 12 May 1989, lot 554
Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Scholarly Works of Art from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, 23 October 2005, lot 99
| Historical era: | Jiaqing period |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Historical era: | Jiaqing period |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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