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A RARE SET OF TWELVE IMPERIAL ‘FLOWERS’
INKCAKES AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID LACQUER
BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG MOULDED SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each rectangular inkcake is moulded on the front with a floral depiction,
on the back with an imperial poem infilled with gold lacquer; the reign
mark is moulded on the side in one line. The fitted lacquer box has yellow
silk interior and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the cover with two striding
dragons flanking the six-character title Yuzhi huahui shi mo amidst clouds.
12 ¼ in. x 16 ⅜ in. (31.1 cm. x 41.7 cm.)
HK$500,000-600,000 US$65,000-80,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie's London, 17 November 1994, lot 247
It is very rare to find complete sets of Imperial inkcakes together with their
original fitted box. The current set probably belongs to one of four sets that were
commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor. Compare, for example, the set of 48
inkcakes which include the 12 examples featured here, in the Taipei National Palace
Museum ( 故文 000903N00000000) collection. The Taipei Palace Museum also
has a set of 25 coloured inkcakes of the same design in its original box, illustrated
in Wenfang Juying, Kyoto, 1993, no. 67, p. 98. An identical set of inkcakes with its
original box was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 19 January 1988, lot 546. Compare
also the set of five Imperial inkcakes commemorating the Imperial Libraries, sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 3012.

清乾隆
御製詠花卉詩套墨十二方連黑漆嵌螺鈿龍紋盒
「大清乾隆年製」印款

來源
倫敦佳士得， 1994 年 11 月 17 日，拍品 247 號
成套的御墨並保存了原蓋盒非常少見。本套御墨應為乾隆皇帝特別訂造的四套中的
一套。台北故宮博物院中藏有一套 48 件的御墨（故文 000903N00000000），其中
就有 12 件與本套中的例子相同。台北故宮博物院還有一套 25 件的五色墨， 著錄於
《文房聚英》，京都，1993 年，67 號，98 頁。香港佳士得曾拍出一套相同的套墨，
也帶有原裝盒，1988 年 1 月 19 號，拍品 546 號。比較佳士得香港 2019 年 5 月 29
日拍品 3012 號，一套五件的御墨，也帶有原裝漆盒。

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