Chinese lacquerwork | History, Techniques & Artistry | Britannica
网页Chinese lacquerwork, decorative work produced in China by the application of many coats of lacquer to a core material such as wood, bamboo, or cloth. The Chinese had discovered as early as the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046) that the juice of the lac tree (Rhus vernicifera), a naturally occurring.
Chinese Lacquerware - World History Encyclopedia
网页2017年6月30日 — Lacquer was a popular form of decoration and protective covering in ancient China. It was used to colour and beautify screens, furniture, bowls, cups, sculpture, musical instruments, and coffins, where it could be carved, incised, and inlaid to show off scenes from nature, mythology, and literature.
China Lacquer Ware: Traditional Craftwork, History
网页2016年3月1日 — Radiating a serene luster, lacquer ware is an exquisite Chinese craft. As the earliest users, the Chinese have enjoyed its beauty since the Neolithic Age. During the past hundreds of years, it has played an important role in the development of Chinese arts and crafts as well as having a large influence on the world’s art.
Lacquerware - Wikipedia
网页East Asian countries have long traditions of lacquer work, going back several thousand years in the cases of China, Japan and Korea. The best known lacquer, an urushiol -based lacquer common in East Asia, is obtained from the dried sap of Toxicodendron vernicifluum .
Delightful Luxury: The Art of Chinese Lacquer
网页Known for its elegant forms and lustrous surfaces, Chinese lacquer has developed into a popular category of decorative arts with a wealth of motifs and symbols, designed to delight and decorate...
Chinese Lacquerware: A Concise Guide - China Educational Tours
网页Lacquerware originated from China. Along with porcelain and silk, it represents one of China’s greatest cultural achievements. The varied and extensive Chinese lacquerware history can be evidenced by some of the earliest examples found at the Jingtoushan site in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province.
Lacquerwork | Definition, Techniques, History, Images, & Facts
网页Lacquerwork, certain metallic and wood objects to which coloured and frequently opaque varnishes called lacquer are applied. The word lacquer is derived from lac, a sticky resinous substance that is the basis of some lacquers. But the lacquer of China, Japan, and Korea, which is made from the sap.
Chinese Lacquer Art-China Story - 中国好故事
网页Lacquer trees in Mainland China are distributed in some 550 counties in 23 provinces. Starting from red lacquer wood bowls and painted potteries in the Neolithic age, Chinese lacquer art enjoyed rapid development in the Warring Period (770-256BC) and the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), thanks to the upgraded productivity of the time.
Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer
网页Lacquer craftsmanship flourished in China during the Warring States period (475–221 B.C.) and the Western Han dynasty; and important workshops are known to have been active in both Sichuan and Hunan Provinces at that time.
Lacquerwork - Asian, Japanese, Chinese | Britannica
网页Lacquerwork - Asian, Japanese, Chinese: The use of lacquer in China goes back traditionally to legendary times. A late Ming manuscript, the Xiushilu, states that it was first employed for writing on bamboo slips, then for utensils for food, made of black lacquer, and subsequently for vessels for ceremonial use, of black with red interiors.