Chinese Ink Cakes Collection
May 2026
These objects are all Chinese ink cakes (solid ink blocks) from the Ming and Qing dynasties, used in traditional calligraphy and painting.
44 objects · 2 institutions
Box with Ink Cakes: Green Ink Cake in Shape of Coiled Dragon
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1820
Box with Ink Cakes: Red Ink Cake in Shape of a Brocade Knot
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1820
Box with Ink Cakes: Yellow Ink Stick in Shape of a Buddhist "Wheel of the Law"
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1820
Box with Ink Cakes
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1820
Box with Ink Cakes
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1820
Box with Ink Cakes (lid)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1820
Box with Ink Cakes: Blue Ink Cake in Shape of a Gui Scepter
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1820
Box with Ink Cakes: Red Ink Cake in Shape of a Kui Dragon
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1820
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1368–1644
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1644–1911
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1644–1911
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s-early 1900s
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1736–95
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1368–1644
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1368–1644
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1644–1911
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1368–1644
Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Ink Cake depicting the "Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion"
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century
Ink Cake with Architectural Design
Cleveland Museum of Art
1736–95
Ink Cake with Dragon in Relief
Cleveland Museum of Art
1621
Ink Cake with One Hundred Children at Play
Cleveland Museum of Art
1368–1644
Ink Cake with Wang Ziqiao
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1600s
Octagonal Ink Cake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1622