CHINA, 11 November (BelTA - Xinhua). - Fuzhou's bodiless lacquerware painting techniques have a history of more than 200 years and enjoy a similar reputation with other specialized painting techniques ...

The ancient craft of urushi, or Japanese lacquerware, is one of Asia’s oldest artistic traditions. Evidence for the use of lacquer – a tree sap used to coat and decorate objects like boxes, bowls and ...

Visitors admire a delicate vessel on show at The Art of Chinese Lacquerware exhibition. [Photo provided to China Daily] "It represents the pinnacle of carved lacquer craftsmanship during that era.

In a gray-tiled house along Liyang Old Street in Huangshan city, East China's Anhui province, sits an extraordinary studio. It is the workshop of Gan Erke, a master of Chinese lacquerware and ...

Introduction / David Halperin -- Overview of lacquerware traditions / Vithi Phanichphant -- Production, usage, forms, and design motifs of Southeast Asian lacquerware / Sylvia Fraser-Lu -- Baskets -- ...