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A SET OF SIXTEEN IMPERIAL INK CAKES 清嘉慶 御製「御園圖墨」十六枚 「嘉慶年製」款

JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
來源:
The ink cakes are of various shapes, each is moulded in shallow 倫敦蘇富比，1989年5月12日，拍品554號
relief on one side with a scene depicting a hall, garden, or other 瑪莉及莊智博舊藏，香港
location in one of the imperial complexes, and the other side with
an inscription identifying the scene. The inscriptions and decoration 《Scholarly Works of Art from the Mary and George Bloch
are highlighted in gilt with occasional green details. Each ink cake Collection》，香港蘇富比，2005年10月23日，拍品99號
bears a Jiaqing nianzhi four-character mark on the side. The set is
accompanied by a four-tiered wooden box with a bail handle on each 此拍品含有十六枚原屬成套六十四錠之墨，每錠形狀各異，有長方形、橢圓
side, and the front of the cover is incised with an inscription Yuyuan 形、六角形、鉞形、書卷式等。墨面分飾紫禁城、北海公園、避暑山莊等御
tumo, ‘Imperial garden scenes ink cakes’. 園中不同景觀，背面印各景名稱，其拓本可參見石谷風編《徽州墨模雕刻藝
The largest: 46 in. (12 cm.) long 術》，合肥，1985年，頁39-102。另可比較一全套墨，2012年11月28日於香港
Box: 9 in. (22.7 cm.) wide, 6¡ in. (16.2 cm.) deep, 佳士得拍賣，拍品2379號。
5º in. (13.2 cm.) high (16)

HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
P R O V E NAN C E :
Sold at Sotheby's London, 12 May 1989, lot 554
Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Scholarly Works of Art from the Mary and
George Bloch Collection, 23 October 2005, lot 99
The current set comes from a group of sixty-four, with each one depicting
a different scene from the imperial complexes. The rubbings of the moulds
for this set are illustrated in Ink Mould Engraving of Huizhou, Hefei, 1985, (wood box accompanying the present lot 本拍品隨附木盒)
pp. 39-102. Compare to a complete set sold at Christie's Hong Kong,
28 November 2012, lot 2379.

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