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3209

THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION
(LOTS 3209-3210)

3209

AN IMPERIAL GILT-DECORATED AND

INSCRIBED ‘DRAGON’ INKCAKE

QIANLONG GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

(1736-1795)

In the form of an open scroll, the inkcake is superbly carved to
the centre of the top with two five-clawed dragons picked out
in gold and blue, frolicking amidst dense clouds which partially
shroud their bodies, flanked on each side with a dense ground of
T-shaped archaistic scrolls.The centre of the underside is inscribed
in relief with eight characters in seal script reading ‘When clouds
billow and rain falls, peace and harmony are bestowed upon all
kingdoms’.The right end is incised and gilt with a Qianlong reign
mark; the left end with the characters Yangxing dian zhencang,
‘Collection of theYangxing Hall’. One narrow side of the inkcake
is further inscribed and gilt with the characters yu mo, ‘Imperial
Inkcake’.

14 Æ in. (37.6 cm.) long, box

HK$260,000-350,000 US$34,000-45,000 3210

PROVENANCE 3210

Acquired in San Francisco in 1970s and thence by descent within TWO ‘DRAGON’ INKCAKES
the family

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

清乾隆 「雲行雨施萬國咸寧」描金雲龍紋御墨 One is moulded with the main side finely carved in shallow relief
「養性殿珍藏」、「大清乾隆年製」描金楷書刻款
with a pair of confronted dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl,
來源
1970年代購於三藩市，後於家族中流傳至今 the reverse carved with a gilded four-character inscription Yumi

bao mo, ‘precious ink of Yumi’, and a further gilded four-character

inscription wu dan qi yan, ‘ink made from five dan of burnt

lacquer’, is carved on the top narrow side. The second is similarly

decorated and covered with gilt lacquer.

The longest: 5 º (13.3 cm.) long, two boxes (2)

HK$60,000-80,000 US$7,800-10,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in San Francisco in 1970s and thence by descent within
the family

3209 (marks) 清康熙 「隃麋寶墨」兩錠
「康熙年吳守默製」款
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來源
1970年代購於三藩市，後於家族中流傳至今