id: 121913 accession number: 1942.215.8 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.215.8 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:51.073000 Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites, 1780–94. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Molded ink in blue; overall: 10.2 x 3.9 cm (4 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent 1942.215.8 title: Ink Stick from an Imperially Commissioned Set of Ink Stick with Images and Poems of Famous West Lake Sites title in original language: 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 blue department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Miscellaneous find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 10.2 x 3.9 cm (4 x 1 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 乾隆年製 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). --- 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 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 Hollis, Howard. "A Gift of Chinese Inks." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan., 1946). page number: Mentioned: pp. 3-5, 11 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141247 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.215.8/1942.215.8_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.215.8/1942.215.8_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.215.8/1942.215.8_full.tif