id:			121889
accession number:	1942.206
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.206
updated:		2025-07-11 17:02:50.067000

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
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creation date:			1795–1820
creation date earliest:		1795
creation date latest:		1820
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creditline:			Gift of Henry W. Kent
copyright:			

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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
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catalogue raisonne: 

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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.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	江西巡撫臣陳淮恭
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques
	opening date:   1981-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).

	title:		A Cleveland Bestiary
	opening date:   1981-10-15T04:00:00
	<i>A Cleveland Bestiary</i>. 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
	<i>Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Henry Watson Kent [1866–1948], given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1942
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1942–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hollis, Howard. “A Gift of Chinese Inks.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 33, no. 1 (January 1946): 3–11.
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	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141247

	Kathman, Barbara A. <em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 22; Mentioned: p. 22, p. 61
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	Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 21, p. 317
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297

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