A SET OF FIVE 'FIVE ELDERS' INKCAKES WITHIN A FITTED BOX
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A SET OF FIVE 'FIVE ELDERS' INKCAKES WITHIN A FITTED BOX QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY The inkcake of varying sizes, each finely impressed on one side to depict an image of an elder seated within a garden landscape scene, the reverse side inscribed and gilt with a poem by the maker Hu Kaiwen followed by the artist's seal, set within a black lacquer rectangular box, the cover with four characters Wulaotu mo , 'Five Elders Inkcakes', in gilt-lacquer, within a floral scroll border 2 1/8 to 3 7/8 in. (5.5 cm. to 9.8 cm.) long, black-lacquered box (5)
A SET OF FIVE 'FIVE ELDERS' INKCAKES WITHIN A FITTED BOX
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A SET OF FIVE 'FIVE ELDERS' INKCAKES WITHIN A FITTED BOX QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY The inkcake of varying sizes, each finely impressed on one side to depict an image of an elder seated within a garden landscape scene, the reverse side inscribed and gilt with a poem by the maker Hu Kaiwen followed by the artist's seal, set within a black lacquer rectangular box, the cover with four characters Wulaotu mo , 'Five Elders Inkcakes', in gilt-lacquer, within a floral scroll border 2 1/8 to 3 7/8 in. (5.5 cm. to 9.8 cm.) long, black-lacquered box (5)
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