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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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May 29, 2019 | Christie's | Hong Kong | Leisurely Delights | 3012 | $****** - ****** | A SET OF FIVE IMPERIAL INK CAKES IN A FITTED LACQUER ‘DRAGON’ BOX AND COVER |
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Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 16 January 1989, lot 344
The Mary and George Bloch Collection
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 11
The set comprises five ink cakes of various shapes, including: a musical chime, moulded on one narrow side with the inscription Wensu ge mo 'Origin of Culture Pavilion ink'; a halved handscroll, inscribed Wenjin ge mo 'Cultural Heritage Pavilion ink'; an oval, inscribed Wenyuan ge mo 'Source of Culture Pavilion ink'; and a fan, inscribed Wenyuan ge mo 'Traces of Culture Pavilion ink', each moulded on one side with pictorial depiction of the respective pavilions noted, the other side with gilt dedicatory poems and moulded on another narrow side with the reign mark Qianlong nianzhi 'made in the Qianlong period'; together with a circular ink cake inscribed in the centre in gilt with the characters yuzhi 'by Imperial command' and moulded on the reverse with a western clock encircled by animals of the Chinese zodiac. The set is contained within a black lacquer box, the cover painted in gold and red lacquer depicting a ferocious five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming peral amidst flames and cloud scrolls, the interior is lined with brocade underneath Imperial yellow silk.
