Lot 2851
2851
A LACQUERED WOOD INK STONE AND EMBELLISHED ‘PRUNUS AND PHEASANTS’ STAND AND COVER BY LU KUISHENG
A LACQUERED WOOD INK STONE AND EMBELLISHED ‘PRUNUS AND PHEASANTS’ STAND AND COVER BY LU KUISHENG
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A LACQUERED WOOD INK STONE AND EMBELLISHED ‘PRUNUS AND PHEASANTS’ STAND AND COVER BY LU KUISHENG

DAOGUANG PERIOD

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A LACQUERED WOOD INK STONE AND EMBELLISHED ‘PRUNUS AND PHEASANTS’ STAND AND COVER BY LU KUISHENG
DAOGUANG PERIOD
The top of the ink stone has a shallow 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 a pair of pheasants resting on prunus branches flanked by flowers in different materials including agate, malachite, soapstone and mother-of-pearl.
6 1/4 in. ( 15.9 cm.) long
Provenance
A Japanese private collection

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Lot Essay

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. A larger ink stone of similar shape and also with embellished stand and cover was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, Lot 2955.

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