id:			121931
accession number:	1942.233
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.233
updated:		2023-09-22 11:12:33.111000

Ink Cake with Wang Ziqiao, c. 1600s. Attributed to Fang Yulu (Chinese, active c. 1570–1619). Molded ink and gold pigment; diameter: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent 1942.233

title:				Ink Cake with Wang Ziqiao
title in original language:	王子喬墨
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline:			Gift of Henry W. Kent
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) - Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	Molded ink and gold pigment
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Miscellaneous
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Fang Yulu (Chinese, active c. 1570–1619)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Mark on base: 于魯監製
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China
	opening date:   1988-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).

	title:		Garden, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints
	opening date:   2016-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>Garden, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints</i>. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA (organizer) (September 17, 2016-January 9, 2017).

	title:		China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta (Jiangnan)
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta (Jiangnan)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1988: Realm of the Immortals (Cleveland Musuem of Art) Feb. 10-April 10, 1988, #22<br>The Huntington Library, Art Collection, and Botanical Garden, San Marino, CA (9/17/2016 – 1/9/2017): "Garden, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints" cat. no. 33, p. 132-133.

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PROVENANCE

	Henry W. 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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wall description:
Ink cakes were dissolved with water to be used for writing and painting. This ink cake depicts the immortal Wang <br>Ziqiao riding a crane and playing a sheng (wind instrument with reeds). Legend says that he was a prince who became <br>a Daoist immortal. <br><br>The design was likely borrowed from an illustrated Ming dynasty book on Daoist immortals printed in Anhui, the<em> Liexian Quanzhuan</em>. Ink cakes using Fang Yulu’s name, a famous ink maker in Huizhou, Anhui province, may just as well be products of followers who aspired to profit from his fame. His greatest local rival was his former mentor Cheng Dayue (1541–after 1610).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Li, T. June, and Suzanne E. Wright. Garden, Art and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints. 2016. catalogue no. 33
	page number: 	132-133
	url:		

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.233/1942.233_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.233/1942.233_full.tif