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Lu Kuisheng
Yangzhou lacquer maker of the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns, grandson of Lu Yingzhi, known for lacquer-sand inkstones and inlaid boxes
A craft workshop centres on a potter's wheel holding a tall celadon vase, amid racks of red lacquer boxes, an embroidery frame with a floral design, shelves of celadon ware, carved wooden panels and stacked logs, while one craftsman works at a table and another stands at a glowing kiln.
Also known as Ming Dong · Zi Kuisheng
Lu Kuisheng, personal name Dong, was a Yangzhou lacquer maker of the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns and the grandson of the lacquerer Lu Yingzhi. Qian Yong wrote in his Luyuan conghua that Yingzhi's grandson Kuisheng carried on the craft, and the Qiaoxi zaji says the finest lacquer-sand inkstones were those of the Lu family of Yangzhou. He worked in 'hundred-treasure' inlay and imitated Yixing purple clay in lacquer for inkstones, teapots and inkstone boxes. The Palace Museum in Beijing holds a rectangular lacquer-sand inkstone box inlaid with a rooster, marked 'made by Lu Kuisheng', and a lacquer-sand inkstone signed Kuisheng.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active in the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns (1796–1850)