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Asian Lacquerware : Materials & Techniques

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Lacquerware describes objects made of wood, metal, or just about anything similar covered in a liquid made of shellac or melted resin flakes dissolved in alcohol (or a synthetic substance), which forms a hard protective smooth coating when dry and remains relatively light in weight. 

Time-consuming to produce, Asian lacquerware became highly sought after by those who could afford it and by neighboring cultures.

  


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The ancient Asian artists used the sap of the tree Rhus vernicefera (Toxicodendron vernicifluum), which was native to eastern and southern Asia and referred to as the 'Lacquer Tree'. The resin is drained from a cut in the living tree and becomes an opaque white liquid on contact with the air. 

Lacquer was made in many colors by adding certain chemicals to the resin. For example, black was made by adding carbon, yellow by adding ochre, and a brilliant red by mixing in mercuric sulphide (aka cinnabar). These were the three most popular colors in ancient Chinese lacquer application.

  


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