“Twin peaks piercing the clouds” inkstick, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

“Twin peaks piercing the clouds” inkstick, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: K1F000950N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Studio implements
• Function: Stationery and stationery
• Material: Plants/Ink/
• Description:
  It is a long strip of dark brown ink, with edges on the border, and it is rectangular and slightly close to the piano shape. On one side is a poem written in gold script by Qianlong: “The imperial double peaks cut through the clouds, the Gengzi (1780). The reflection of the double peaks looks like hanging, the floating clouds are covered with two heads, and Wuyi shrinks to be the sage of Ming Dynasty, just like the Yanke of Hongqiao.” On the other side, the mountain view of the houses is modelled. According to Qianlong’s poems, this picture depicts the famous scenery of the West Lake: “Two peaks cut through the clouds.”. On the ink side, there is a regular script of “made in the year of Qianlong”. This ink, together with the other nine colored inks, represents one scene of the West Lake, forming a set of “Ten Scenes of the West Lake”, all stored in one box.