Ink Cake
1736–95
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Ink Cake, 1736–95. China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-95). Ink cake; overall: 3.9 x 3.9 cm (1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent 1942.215.10 The design is Jingci Temple, a Buddhist temple beside West Lake in Hangzhou, China.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- ink cake
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3.9 x 3.9 cm (1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 御製南屏晚鍾庚子。 幾暇搜冥對硯屏， 霜鐘送響一聲聲， 鬢霜已改十年貌， 醒耳清音卒未更。 Remark: "The evening bell ringing at Nanping." Made for the Royal family, dated gengzi year, 1780. This poem expresses the author's perspective on time. Ten years later, people's hair has turned white, and their appearance has also changed. Only the evening bell on the Nanping Hill echoed day by day. The picture carved on the other side of the inkcake is the temple, Jingci Si 净慈寺, at Nanping Hill in Hangzhou. Inscription: 乾隆年製 Translation: Qianlong nian zhi (Made in the reign of Qianlong)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1942.215.10
- Credit Line
- Gift of Henry W. Kent
- Exhibitions
- History of The Chinese Book, Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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