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               A QISHA LACQUER INKSTONE AND AN INLAID            of inkstone and box inlaid with a scene of cockerels and flowers,
               LACQUER BOX AND COVER                             see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum
                                                                 – Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pp.
               JIAQING-DAOGUANG PERIOD (1796-1850); BOX SIGNED LU
               KUISHENG (1779-1850)                              254-255, no. 189. For another qisha inkstone accompanied by a
                                                                 stand and a similarly embellished cover, see the example sold at
               The top of the square inkstone has an ink well of conforming
                                                                 Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 2955.
               shape surrounding the grinding surface, the reverse with a slightly
               recessed base. The top of the cover is finely inlaid using various
               materials including mother-of-pearls, lapis lazuli, and agate   ᪺ࢧᄟ   㑇Գ   ᮀ⊐⋞㐨Ⅿഢดࡋ˗⇏ᚋ♄⋞↥
               to depict a pair of pheasants perched on a prunus tree, all on a                    Ǘ↵⮭⁦⽗ǘᢎ
               speckled black-lacquered ground. The centre of the underside
                                                                 ϝᬝ
               of the box is inscribed with a square maker’s mark reading, Lu
               Kuisheng zhi, ‘made by Lu Kuisheng’.              ᚚទ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
               Box: 4 ƒ in. (11.3 cm.) square, Japanese wood box  ⡙      ჺ㐟ᙻែ՗⧻ワكᦼ㛑
               HK$150,000-250,000               US$20,000-32,000  ⏑ᣖ卻         卼卿ໃⷉ⊂卿ᔆ႔՞卿▭‪ᛇԠǮ‪጗Ԡமἃ
                                                                 ㅳᶜल།ǯݯ▭ᛇԠ卿ᝪᙻᄮᾭ㧿㐟ᇑǸ໬໿কݤᄙㅳǹ᪪⎏
               PROVENANCE
                                                                 ⓺卿ᆨ㐏㯸ַḅ᯵ֿ㵲⢞㖔卿ݣ᭢Ӷᮨ卿ԛս᮷কᶜᔏᕳ֎ㅳ
               A Japanese private collection
               Tokyo Bijutsu Club, acquired circa 2009           Ԡǯⷉ⊂㇑Ԡ卿Ԇཆ⓺झ㜩սᎰഩ⓺⏁ǯ⏑ⷉ⊂੓⊺卿୬᫉ज
                                                                 ᇖݯᶜ଍ה৅㈊༩ߪݯཌᦔஎࣿ⊇ⰰ⎏ᘨ㡐ᄟǯ᫉ഩ⓺ࣿ⓺⏁
               Lu Kuisheng (1779 – 1850) was a native of Yangzhou and
               hailed from a family known for making lacquer wares. Lu   ἃ⏑ⷉ⊂⎏۔ӽצה卿㚁ᙠࣿㅳה⎐⠢⡿卿⊺㬷᳖㿃㪿⯎卿ⰰ
               Kuisheng had inherited from his grandfather Lu Yingzhi the   ᆭ⦐⡰卿࣊ंᛇԻ⏑ⷉ⊂ஙᶜ⻱ࣿ⧻ໝӳ⎏㙁㉸ǯ㋭അࢷ⁒㱦
               skill of making light-bodied lacquered wood inkstones covered   ൈᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ǯ୨႓ࢷ⁒㩴Ǯ഍ᰥࢷ⁒㱦Ǯࢶ՗ࢷ⁒㱦✙⎐⻦
               with a mixture of qisha, ‘lacquer and sand’, which he further   ᝳ⏑ⷉ⊂⎏ה৅ǯ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։⏑ⷉ⊂ᶜ⒬⓺㙄⎋༾
               perfected with remarkable lightness and velvety texture.
                                                                 ူӲ㫕எ⓺⏁卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕ᳖ջᶜ଍Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿
               Works by Lu Kuisheng are preserved in various museums,       卿எ‸    ǯऔࣻ⩠      ჺ   ᝲ    ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈Ӭ
               including the Palace Museum, Beijing, which has a similar set   ։⏑ⷉ⊂ᶜ⒬⓺㙄⓺ᄠࣿ⸌卿ᐽ৅      ⽚ǯ













































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