id: 121889 accession number: 1942.206 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.206 updated: 2023-09-22 11:12:32.906000 Box with Ink Cakes, 1795–1820. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Jiaqing reign (1795-1820). Lacquer and silk box; molded ink in red, yellow, blue, and green; case: 26.4 x 19.1 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.); lid: 26.5 x 19.2 cm (10 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent 1942.206 title: Box with Ink Cakes title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1795–1820 creation date earliest: 1795 creation date latest: 1820 current location: creditline: Gift of Henry W. Kent copyright: --- culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Jiaqing reign (1795-1820) technique: Lacquer and silk box; molded ink in red, yellow, blue, and green department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Lacquer find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Case: 26.4 x 19.1 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.); Lid: 26.5 x 19.2 cm (10 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques opening date: 1981-02-07T05:00:00 Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981). title: A Cleveland Bestiary opening date: 1981-10-15T04:00:00 A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981). title: Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia opening date: 1990-07-24T04:00:00 Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Henry Watson Kent [1866–1948], given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1942 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1942– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Hollis, Howard. “A Gift of Chinese Inks.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 33, no. 1 (January 1946): 3–11. page number: url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141247 Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. page number: Reproduced: p. 22; Mentioned: p. 22, p. 61 url: Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 21, p. 317 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.206/1942.206_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.206/1942.206_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.206/1942.206_full.tif