Description
Dimensions: 11.4cm long
Provenance:
– The family collection of Ohno Sekisai, a calligrapher in Tohoku region of Japan, acquired around 1970s
– Christie’s Hong Kong ‘The Imperial Sale’, 28 May 2014, lot 3586
– A private Dutch collection
The ink cake of rectangular shape, carved on one side with the two immortals Hehe Erxian depicted beneath a peach tree, the other side with the two characters yun mo, meaning ‘Cloud Ink’, above a seal. One of the sides is carved with a four-character Qianlong mark.
£8,500
31. An inscribed ‘Hehe Erxian’ rectangular ink cake (Qianlong carved four-character mark and of the period, 1736-1795)
Description
Dimensions: 11.4cm long
Provenance:
– The family collection of Ohno Sekisai, a calligrapher in Tohoku region of Japan, acquired around 1970s
– Christie’s Hong Kong ‘The Imperial Sale’, 28 May 2014, lot 3586
– A private Dutch collection
The ink cake of rectangular shape, carved on one side with the two immortals Hehe Erxian depicted beneath a peach tree, the other side with the two characters yun mo, meaning ‘Cloud Ink’, above a seal. One of the sides is carved with a four-character Qianlong mark.
£8,500
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