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 ...

Japanese artisans have used lacquer since the Jomon period, which spans approximately 15,000 to 2,300 years ago. At first, people relied on it mainly as an antiseptic or adhesive. Over time, however, ...

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