清道光 盧葵生款漆砂嵌寶聽琴圖蓋盒

the cover embellished in mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, lacquered wood and various hardstones, depicting a lady playing the qin beneath a prunus tree issuing from a jagged rock, while a scholar admires the performance, the interior of the cover inscribed with a Kuisheng seal 

Good overall condition with just minor surface wear and flaking to the lacquer. Small areas of retouching especially at the corners.
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蓋盒印文及工藝與道光年間漆藝大師盧葵生（名棟，1775至1850年）之手筆無異。盧葵生出身漆藝世家，其祖父盧映之創立門戶。盧葵生所作人物圖屏精工卓絕，細緻入微。就此類漆玩定代之論述，見 Sydney L. Moss，《In Scholar's Taste》，倫敦，1983年，編號147，及《文玩萃珍》，馮平山博物館，香港大學，1986年，頁102。帶盧葵生印之漆器硯盒可比較二例，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：清代漆器》，香港，2006年，圖版188及189。