19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE CARVED RED LACQUER 'EIGHT DAOIST IMMORTALS' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
The cover is inscribed with a two-character seal reading Kui Sheng.
18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Lu Dong (zi: Kuisheng) was a famous early nineteenth century Yangzhou lacquerer who made items for the scholar's studio, snuff bottles and even furniture. See G. Tsang and H. Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong Museum of Art, nos. 63, 64, 85 (a snuff bottle), 149, 216 and 217, where further biographical details are given. Lu was one of the rare craftsmen who was able to transcend the social barriers imposed by his upbringing and be taken seriously by the literati as an artist, and he was one of the very few to find a place in the literature of the scholar class.

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