Ink Stick, c. 1700
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Pine soot and animal adhesiveexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2001.158.3
On View in Gallery 217expand_more
This large, finely pressed ink stick is decorated on one side with Mount Peng-lai, the mythical island paradise home of the Taoist immortals in the Eastern Sea. Rising like a bizarre pedestal rock from the stylized waves, the mountain is similar to depictions of Peng-lai found in Taoist paintings. The reverse is impressed with the three character title, Peng-lai shan, (Mount Peng-lai) and a long, raised inscription describing the paradise followed by the signature, "made in the Garden of Bamboo Fields and Pure Pines," and two seals, "Harmony Spring."
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- Ink Stick
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- 2001.158.3
- Curator Approved
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