Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art Featuring Chinese Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Florence and Herbert Irving Gift

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Lot 1296
  • 1296

A COLLECTION OF EIGHT INK CAKES LATE QING DYNASTY |

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Length of longest 6 1/4  in., 15.9 cm
comprising a black 'dragon' ink cake with gilt; a black 'flowers' ink cake with gilt; a black 'mythical beast' ink cake; a pair of black book-form ink cakes; a black and gilt 'pavilion' ink cake; a black and gilt 'antiques' ink cake; and a red 'scholar's retreat' ink cake; each with apocryphal marks; fitted green velvet tray (9)

Provenance

John Sparks, London, 29th April 1983.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 882.