清道光 漆砂硯連百寶嵌硯蓋及座 「盧葵生製」款DAOGUANG PERIOD; STAND SIGNED LU KUISHENG (?-1850)清道光 漆砂硯連百寶嵌硯蓋及座 「盧葵生製」款7 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) wideLu 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.Details A LACQUERED WOOD INK STONE AND EMBELLISHED STAND AND COVERDAOGUANG 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 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) wide Provenance Sold at Christies Hong Kong, Leisurely Delights of a Transient Life, 30 May 2018, lot 2955 Conditions of sale