Round ink cake (dark slate gray), attributed to Fang Yu-lu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)-China Archive

Image Number: K1F001048N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Studio implements
Function: Stationery
Material: Plants/Ink/
Description:
Dark green pigment ink, round, with edge edges. On one side of the ink, the characters “Vajra Dharma Wheel” are written in script, with silver painted and rectangular frame added. On the other side, there are many circles of Sanskrit and Falun patterns, with cloud patterns around. On the ink side, there are Yangwen regular script style “Dazang Scripture Writing Ink” and “Fang Yulu Supervised”. The ink for scripture writing is in five colors (hence 1048~hence 1052) and stored in a wooden box. There is a yellow sign “On December 23, the forty ninth year of Qianlong’s reign, Hu Gaowang received five colors of ink”.