LACQUERWARE GALLERY
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Lacquerware are objects decoratively covered with lacquer. Lacquerware includes small or large containers, tableware, a variety of small objects carried by people, and larger objects such as furniture and even coffins painted with lacquer. Before lacquering, the surface is sometimes painted with pictures, inlaid with shell and other materials, or carved. The lacquer can be dusted with gold or silver and given further decorative treatments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PRICE US$4200.00 To order or check availability please email us by click here E-Mail : antiquebuddhas@googlemail.com
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Burmese lacquerware Burmese lacquerware – a private collection Yun-de is lacquerware in Burmese, and the art is called Pan yun The lacquer is the sap tapped from the varnish tree or Thitsee (Gluta usitata, syn. Melanorrhoea usitata) that grows wild in the forests of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is straw-colored but turns black on exposure to air. When brushed in or coated on, it forms a hard glossy smooth surface resistant to a degree from the effects of exposure to moisture or heat.
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