Box with Ink Cakes
Five molded ink cakes in red, gold, blue, pink and green rest on a honeycomb-patterned silk lining in an open box. Beside it, a black lacquer lid is inlaid with gold dragons among clouds, a Greek-key border, and four gold characters.
Look closer: A red and gold flaming pearl sits among the dragons' lower clouds on the lacquer lid.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1795–1820
- Medium
- Lacquer and silk box; molded ink in red, yellow, blue, and green
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2340 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1820).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry W. Kent