Ink Cake
Dated 1621, but modern copy. (made)
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Decoration: Birds among a tree overhanging a stretch of water on one side: one hundred and nineteen character inscription and maker's seal on reverse.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ink cake, moulded octagonal, black. |
| Brief description | Scu, China, carving, ink |
| Physical description | Decoration: Birds among a tree overhanging a stretch of water on one side: one hundred and nineteen character inscription and maker's seal on reverse. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed and dated. |
| Object history | Sir Percival David Collection. Notes on significance: Modern impression of design from 'Cheng shi mo yuan', dated 1606 |
| Production | CHINA |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Arts of the Ming Dynasty' OCS (London, 1957), no 71. ? (Possibly not this actual example)
Soren Edgren, 'Chinese Rare Books in American Collections' (New York, 1984), pp.104 - 105: Another impression in BM. |
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| Accession number | FE.220-1974 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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