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A VERY RARE INLAID LACQUERED WOOD 清嘉慶至道光
FIGURE OF GUANYIN 盧葵生木雕紫漆觀音菩薩坐像
BY LU KUISHENG, QING DYNASTY, JIAQING – 《葵生》款
DAOGUANG PERIOD
the deity depicted seated in the regal posture of rajalilasana, 出版：
with the extended right arm supported on the raised
knee, cloaked in long robes opening at the bare chest to 王世襄，《中國古代漆器》，北京，1987年，圖版
reveal an inlaid beaded necklace above a ribbon-tied dhoti, 101
the garment elegantly falling into neat voluminous folds 王世襄及袁荃猷，〈揚州名漆工盧葵生和他的一些作
around his bare feet, the serene face with downcast eyes, 品〉，《文物》，1957年，第7期，頁11
a pronounced nose and a gentle smile, the hair gathered 王世襄，《王世襄集．中國古代漆器》，北京，2013
into a tall piled chignon draped over with a hood, the wood 年，圖版101
smoothly dressed in lacquer patinated to a lustrous maroon-
brown tone, inscribed to the reverse in red lacquer with a 觀音木胎，作自在坐，坐姿舒坦，面相清秀。背後腰
Kuisheng seal mark, traces of gilt at the recesses and on the
base 際長方框內刻「葵生」篆書款。據王世襄書中記載，
21.3 cm, 8⅜ in. 此尊觀音菩薩坐像原來除髮髻髹石青外，通體貼金
箔，貼後不再罩漆，故金容易脫落，今僅衣紋間隙及
LITERATURE 底尚見金色痕跡，成為紫漆觀音。此尊觀音，多次出
Wang Shixiang, Ancient Chinese Lacquerware, Beijing, 1987, 版於王世襄著作中，甚為難得。
pl. 101.
盧葵生（1779-1850年），名棟，江蘇揚州人。生於髹
Wang Shixiang and Yuan Quanyou, ‘Yangzhou ming qigong
Lu Kuisheng he ta de yixie zuopin [On the famous lacquer 漆世家，祖父盧映之始，父慎之，世以漆玩著名。
craftsman Lu Kuisheng from Yangzhou and some of his
works]’, Wenwu / Cultural Relics, 1957, no. 7, p. 11.
Wang Shixiang, Wang Shixiang ji: Zhongguo gudai qiqi
[Collected works of Wang Shixiang: Ancient Chinese
lacquerware], Beijing, 2013, pl. 101.
HK$ 1,500,000-2,000,000
US$ 192,000-255,000

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