Cleveland Museum of Art
Box with Ink Cakes (lid)
- Date
- 1795–1820
- Medium
- lacquer and silk box
- Culture
- China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Jiaqing reign (1795-1820)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Ink cakes (also called ink sticks) are dissolved with the addition of water and then ground on the surface of a flat square stone into liquid ink for painting and calligraphy. The precious ink cakes here, however, have never been used. The inscription on the side of the blue ink cake says that the set was commissioned by Chen Huai, governor of Jiangxi province.
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