Title

Moulded ink cake, Ming dynasty, China, 1622. Artist: Qeng Jun Fang

Caption

Moulded ink cake, Ming dynasty, China, 1622. An almost square moulded ink cake with scholar and servant by a Ming style table, behind which is a large screen with landscape decoration. Some traces of gilding remain. The moulded side has a nine character inscription dating to the first year of Tianqi (1622) which states that the piece was made under the supervision of Qeng Jun Fang - a very famous inkstone maker from Anhui province.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1622

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B74_147

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (605,6Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2834 x 2216 (300dpi)

Keywords

horizontal people black male job man men Asian Asia ORIENTAL education arts country China art Chinese guy occupation continent color colour screen table ming illustration location century profession ink furniture artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty scholar artifact servant 17th century seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art moulded object Qeng Jun Fang Fang Qeng Jun object