A BREAD AND TWO INK STICKS, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi and Qianlong period, 18th century The rectangular, midnight-blue bread, decorated with a lotus in slight relief on one side, the other side inscribed with a poem by Qianlong, six-character Qianlong mark on one side, the two golden sticks, one decorated with a dragon and the other with a landscape, both bearing the name of the craftsman Cheng Zhenglu; slight cracks L.: 11.5 and 7.2 cm (4 ½ and 2 ¾ in.) Three ink-cakes, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi and Qianlong period, 18th century 清乾隆「御咏荷」藏蓝墨 清康熙 程正路漱金墨二锭