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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 29, 2019 | Christie's | Hong Kong | Leisurely Delights | 2972 | $****** - ****** | A QISHA LACQUER INKSTONE AND AN INLAID LACQUER BOX AND COVER |
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11.4 cm (4.5 in)
A Japanese private collection
Tokyo Bijutsu Club, acquired circa 2009
The top of the square inkstone has an ink well of conforming shape surrounding the grinding surface, the reverse with a slightly recessed base. The top of the cover is finely inlaid using various materials including mother-of-pearls, lapis lazuli, and agate to depict a pair of pheasants perched on a prunus tree, all on a speckled black-lacquered ground. The centre of the underside of the box is inscribed with a square maker’s mark reading, Lu Kuisheng zhi, ‘made by Lu Kuisheng’.