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3344

AN IMPERIAL ‘DRAGON’ RUYI-RIMMED

INK CAKE

QIANLONG MOULDED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF
THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The large and thick ink cake is moulded with a central
medallion depicting a five-clawed dragon. The reverse is
decorated with a two-character inscription to the centre,
yumo, ‘Imperial Ink Cake’.
6 ¡ in. (16.1 cm.) wide

HK$70,000-150,000 US$9,100-19,000

PROVENANCE

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

清乾隆 百壽如意金龍紋御墨 3344 3344 (marks)
「大清乾隆年製」、「玉粹軒珍藏」陽文楷書款

來源
1970 年代購於三藩市，後於家族中流傳至今

玉粹軒為紫禁城寧壽宮區第四進院落，於乾隆三十七年 (1772
年 ) 所建。寧壽宮主要建於乾隆三十六年至四十一年間，原是
為了乾隆皇帝退位後居住所造，有乾隆花園之美名。

3345

AN IMPERIAL ‘HARMONY’ TILE-SHAPED INK

CAKE

GILT-FILLED MOULDED QIANLONG YIMAO CYCLICAL YEAR (1795)

MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The top surface is moulded with two ladies standing in a garden
scene looking through an oval window at two boys at play in
the foreground, framed by a raised border finely detailed with
plants and butterflies at four corners. The centre of the reverse
is moulded and gilt-filled with a nine-character mark, Qianlong
yimao qiu Wang Jinsheng zao, ‘made by Wang Jinsheng in the
Autumn of Qianlong yimao year’.
7 ¿ in. (18.2 cm.) long, box

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

PROVENANCE

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

3345 3345 (mark) 清乾隆 一團和氣圖瓦形墨
填金「乾隆乙卯秋汪近聖造」楷書款

來源
1970 年代購於三藩市，後於家族中流傳至今

汪近聖，安徽績縣人，清代四大墨家之一，齋號鑑古齋。墨模雕刻精細，
筆力雄勁，曾得到乾隆帝褒揚，並奉詔製作御用墨。

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