id: 121904 accession number: 1942.215 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.215 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:51.023000 Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Sticks with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in yellow, blue, black, green, red, brown, white, and gold; average: 3.9 x 8.3 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent 1942.215 title: Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Sticks with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites title in original language: 御製西湖名勝圖詩硃錠 series: series in original language: creation date: 1780–94 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1794 current location: creditline: Gift of Henry W. Kent copyright: --- culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95) technique: Molded ink in yellow, blue, black, green, red, brown, white, and gold department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Miscellaneous find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Average: 3.9 x 8.3 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 乾隆年製 translation: remark: inscription: The inscription in mother of pearl inlay on the box’s cover says: Imperially Made Gold Inscribed Poems of Images of [the Ten] Sights of the Westlake. translation: remark: inscription: The poems on the ink sticks are published in Yuzhi shiji 御製詩集 [Collection of imperial poetry], vol. 4, juan 71, 6b–8b; and Qinding nanzun shengdian 欽定南巡盛典 [Grand ritual of the southern tour], juan 17, 17b–28b. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: History of The Chinese Book opening date: 1967-04-01T05:00:00 History of The Chinese Book. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (organizer) (April 1-May 15, 1967). title: Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c opening date: 2018-08-13T04:00:00 Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 13, 2018-February 3, 2019). title: China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta opening date: 2023-09-10T04:00:00 China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Henry W. Kent [1866–1948], Cleveland, OH, 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 The poems on the ink sticks are published in Yuzhi shiji 御製詩集 [Collection of imperial poetry], vol. 4, juan 71, 6b–8b; and Qinding nanzun shengdian 欽定南巡盛典 [Grand ritual of the southern tour], juan 17, 17b–28b. page number: url: Wang Chi-chien. "Notes on Chinese Ink." Metropolitan Museum Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Dec., 1930). page number: Reproduced: pp. 114-133, fig. 14 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1522772 Wang Chi-chien. "Notes on Chinese Ink." Metropolitan Museum Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Dec., 1930), pp. 114-133 page number: Reproduced: pp. 114-133, fig. 14 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1522772 Hollis, Howard. "A Gift of Chinese Inks." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan., 1946), pp. 3-5, 11. page number: Mentioned: pp. 3-5, 11 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141247 Von Spee, Clarissa. “The Power of Writing: A new display in the Chinese galleries focuses on inscriptions.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58, no. 5 (September/October 2018): 12-13. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 13. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.215/1942.215_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.215/1942.215_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.215/1942.215_full.tif