Ink Cakes

CultureChinese
Titles
  • Ink Cakes
Date1368–1644
PlaceChina
MediumCarbon
DimensionsEach: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 3/4 in. (11.4 × 11.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jesse Lee Dunn III
Object number2000.713.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
ProvenanceResearch Ongoing
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription on the verso of 32 characters with name of the third man (Wang Zhi), corrupt (Lan), hand grip of the axe (Ke).

Inscription on the side: Ming Dynasty (Da Ming), surname of the author (Cheng), Monarch (Jun), factory (Fang), produce (Zhi).

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Ink Cake
1736–1796
Carbon
2000.717
Ink Cake
1368–1644
Carbon
2000.726
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1851–1861
Carbon
2000.724
Ink Cake
1736–1796
Carbon
2000.725
Ink Cake
1644–1911
Carbon
2000.722
Ink Cake
1644–1911
Carbon
2000.723
Ink Cake
1465–1487
Carbon
2000.720
Ink Cake
1621–1627
Carbon
2000.721
Ink Cake
1621–1627
Carbon
2000.718
Ink Cake
1621–1627
Carbon
2000.719
Ink Cake
1644–1911
Carbon
2000.727
Photographed with 2000.711.3 2000.715 - 2000.716 - 2000.722
1368–1644
Carbon
2000.711.1