- lacquerware
- noun Date: 1697 a decorative article usually made of wood and coated with lacquer; also such articles or ware collectively
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lacquerware
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Lacquerware — is objects which are decoratively covered with lacquer which is sometimes inlaid or carved. Lacquerware includes boxes, tableware and even coffins painted with lacquer in cultures mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.HistoryLacquer and producing… … Wikipedia
Lacquerware — One of Burma s most distinctive arts. Lacquerware items are usually fashioned of coiled bamboo strips, upon which as many as seven successive coats of sap or resin (thit si in Burmese) from a large tree (species Gluta usitata) are applied.… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
lacquerware — noun decorative objects made from, or treated with lacquer … Wiktionary
lacquerware — (also lacquerwork) noun decorative articles that have been coated with lacquer … English new terms dictionary
lacquerware — noun a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals • Hypernyms: ↑work, ↑piece of work • Hyponyms: ↑japan … Useful english dictionary
Ryukyuan lacquerware — is one of the chief artistic products of the Ryukyu Islands (today Okinawa Prefecture of Japan), and represents a form and style of lacquerware which is distinct from that of the surrounding cultures. Though distinct in its own ways, it is… … Wikipedia
Japanese lacquerware — is a broad category of fine and decorative arts, as lacquer has been used in paintings, prints, and on a wide variety of objects from Buddha statues to bento boxes for food.A number of terms are used in Japanese to refer to lacquerware. Shikki… … Wikipedia
Chinese lacquerware table — Chinese lacquerware table, 1425 1436 V A Museum no. FE.6:1 to 4 1973 This lacquerware table is from the Ming Dynasty (1368 1644). It is unique in shape and decoration and is one of the most important objects from the period. It is one of the few… … Wikipedia
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
Wagae-nuri — nihongo|Wagae nuri|和賀江塗 is a traditional lacquerware of Japan created by Michiko Suganuma (b1940).HistoryIts history goes back to only a quarter of century, however it’s directly descends from traditional Kamakura bori of more than 800years.… … Wikipedia
