The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2023

Box with Ink Cakes: Yellow Ink Stick in Shape of a Buddhist "Wheel of the Law"

1795–1820

Part of a set. See all set records

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Jiaqing reign

(1795-1820)

Ink cake

Case: 26.4 x 19.1 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.); Lid: 26.5 x 19.2 cm (10 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

Gift of Henry W. Kent 1942.206.e

Location

not on view

Exhibition history

Barbara A. Kathman, "A Cleveland Bestiary," CMA Department of Art History and Education, Oct. 14-Dec. 9, 1981, cat. 16

CMA 1990: "Powerful Forms and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia," Bull., 77 (October 1990), cat. 21, p. 317, repr. p. 317 and back cover

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.206.e