Commemorative Ink Cake, 1844, Wang Chin-sheng, Chinese, active early 19th century, 5/8 x 5-5/8 x 5-5/8 in. ( x x cm), Lampblack and organic binders, China, 19th century, This finely detailed ink cake designed by Wang Chin-sheng is decorated with a low relief landscape painting and poem after the great literatus Wen Zhengming (1470-1559) on one side and with cavorting dragons and a poetic inscription by the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-95) on the reverse

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