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A LACQUERED WOOD INK STONE AND
EMBELLISHED STAND AND COVER
DAOGUANG PERIOD; STAND SIGNED LU KUISHENG (?-1850)
The top of the ink stone has a deep ink well surrounded by a
raised border, the reverse with a concave cavity transitioning
into a convex semi-sphere. Accompanied by a fitted lacquered
stand inscribed with a square maker’s mark on the underside
reading, Lu Kuisheng zhi, ‘made by Lu Kuisheng’, and a
lacquered cover inlaid with various vessels in different materials
including lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl.
7 æ in. (19.6 cm.) wide
HK$240,000-380,000 US$31,000-49,000
Lu Kuisheng (? – 1850) was a native of Yangzhou and hailed from a
family known for making lacquer wares. Lu Kuisheng himself was
particularly famous for making the current type of lacquered wood
ink stones, which are distinguished by their lightness and resistance
to wear, and by the elegantly decorated fitted boxes, or stands with
covers. The Shanghai Museum has a collection of similar ink stones
by Lu Kuisheng, including a round ink stone accompanied by a
stand bearing an almost identical mark to the current example, see
Literati’s Farmland: Selected Ink-stones in the Collection of Shanghai
Museum, Shanghai, 2015, p. 275, no. 6-95.

清道光 漆砂硯連百寶嵌硯蓋及座 「盧葵生製」款
盧棟（?-1850），字葵生，揚州人，祖父映之、父慎之均為製漆名
家。葵生尤以製作漆砂硯聞名，其作品輕巧耐磨，清麗雅致，並皆
配以成套硯盒，或硯座及蓋。上海博物館藏有葵生作品數件，包括
一件硯座款識近乎相同的圓硯，見《惟硯作田：上海博物館藏硯精
粹》，上海，2015年，圖版6-95。

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硯蓋

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