A set of traditional Chinese ink sticks gifted to the Qianlong Emperor, with poems by the Qianlong Emperor written on them. The sticks are in a lacquer box with mother-of-pearl inlay. China, Qing Dynasty, 1780-1795. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art [3400 x 2366]

A set of traditional Chinese ink sticks gifted to the Qianlong Emperor, with poems by the Qianlong Emperor written on them. The sticks are in a lacquer box with mother-of-pearl inlay. China, Qing Dynasty, 1780-1795. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art [3400 x 2366]

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