GILT-FILLED MOULDED QIANLONG YIMAO CYCLICAL YEAR (1795) MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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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 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) long, box

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

Active during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, Wang Jinsheng was one of the Four Great Ink Cake Makers during the Qing dynasty and had received imperial commissions. His works were applauded by the Qianlong Emperor for their exquisite details.

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