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6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Lacquerware wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
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8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Lacquerware site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about Lacquerware, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your Lacquerware, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
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Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany.,
Qing Dynasty, 1736-1795, National Museum of China, Beijing.
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.
History
five-lobed tray, lacquer on wood with a metal rim, 11th-12th century.Lacquer and producing lacquerware had been known to the Chinese since at least the
Warring States (
403 BC-221 BC) era in China. This can be seen in the existing lacquerwares produced, mostly of ritual cups, dishes, and wooden chest boxes with a lacquer finish across the surface. Many of these priceless ancient Chinese or Japanese lacquer artifacts can be found in private collections and museums, such as the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. In Japan, the art of lacquerware-making came along with Buddhism and other cultural artifacts from China during the 8th century, and "carved lacquerware" came to Japan from Ming Dynasty China during the 14th century.
Burmese lacquerware
Yun-de is lacquerware in
Burmese language, and the art is called
Pan yun. The lacquer is the sap tapped from the varnish tree
Melanorrhoea usitatissima or
Thitsee that grows wild in the forests of
Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is straw-coloured but turns black on exposure to air. When brushed in or coated on, it forms a hard glossy smooth surface resistant to a degree effects of exposure to moisture or heat.
History
Bayinnaung’s conquest and subjugation in 1555-1562 of Manipur, Bhamo, Zinme (
Chiang Mai), Linzin (
Lan Xang), and up the Taping and Shweli rivers in the direction of
Yunnan brought back large numbers of skilled craftsmen into Burma. It is thought that the finer sort of Burmese lacquerware, called Yun, was introduced during this period by imported artisans belonging to the Yun or
Laos Shan people tribes of the Chiang Mai region.
Manufacture and design
Lacquer vessels, boxes and trays have a coiled or woven bamboostrip base often mixed with horsehair, and the thitsee may be mixed with ashes or sawdust to form a putty-like substance called
thayo which can be scuplted. The object is coated layer upon layer with thitsee and thayo to make a smooth surface, polished and engraved with intricate designs, commonly using red, green and yellow colours on a red or black background.
Shwezawa is a distinctive form in its use of gold leaf to fill in the designs on a black background.
Palace scenes, scenes from the Jataka tales, and the signs of the Burmese Zodiac are popular designs and some vessels may be encrusted with glass mosaic or semi-precious stones in gold relief. The objects are all handmade and the designs and engraving done free-hand. It may take three to four months to finish a small vessel but perhaps over a year for a larger piece. The finished product is a result of teamwork and not crafted by a single person.
Forms
mother of pearl lacquer box, 16th century,
Museum für Lackkunst,
Germany.The most distinctive vessel is probably a rice bowl on a stem with a spired lid for monks called
hsun ok.
Lahpet ok is a shallow dish with a lid and has a number of compartments for serving
lahpet (pickled tea) with its various accompaniments. Stackable tiffin-carriers fastened with a single handle or
hsun gyaink are usually plain red or black.
Daunglahn are low tables for meals and may be simple broad based or have three curved feet in animal or floral designs with a lid. Water carafes or
yeidagaung with a cup doubling as a lid, and vases are also among lacquerware still in use in many monasteries.
Various round boxes with lids, small and large, are known as
Yun-It including ones for paan called
Kun-It (betel boxes).
Yun titta are rectangular boxes for storing various articles including
peisa or palm leaf manuscripts when they are called
sadaik titta. Small trays with a stem with or without a lid are known as
kalat for serving delicacies or offering flowers to royalty or the
Buddha. Theatrical troupes and musicians have their lacquerware in costumes, masks, head-dresses, and musical instruments, some of them stored and carried in lacquer trunks. Boxes in the shape of a pumpkin or a bird such as the owl, which is believed to bring luck, or the
Hamsa bird (Brahmani goose) are common too. Small polygonal tables and screens are also made for the tourist trade today.
coffin decorated with birds and dragons, from the
State of Chu, 4th century BC.
Industry
Bagan is the major centre for the lacquerware industry where the handicraft has been established for nearly two centuries, and still practised in the traditional manner. Here a government school of lacquerware was founded in the 1920s. Since plastics, porcelain and metal have superseded lacquer in most everyday utensils, it is today manufactured in large workshops mainly for tourists who come to see the ancient temples of Bagan. At the village of Kyaukka near
Monywa in the Chindwin River valley, however, sturdy lacquer utensils are still produced for everyday use mainly in plain black.
References
See also
External links
- "Lacquerware of East Asia" at the Metropolitan Museum.
- "Lacquerware Stories" at the Kyoto National Museum.
- "An excellent article explaining how Chinese Cracked Lacquer is created"
, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany., Qing Dynasty, 1736-1795, National Museum of China, Beijing.
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.
History
five-lobed tray, lacquer on wood with a metal rim, 11th-12th century.Lacquer and producing lacquerware had been known to the Chinese since at least the Warring States (403 BC-
221 BC) era in
China. This can be seen in the existing lacquerwares produced, mostly of ritual cups, dishes, and wooden chest boxes with a lacquer finish across the surface. Many of these priceless ancient Chinese or Japanese lacquer artifacts can be found in private collections and museums, such as the Freer Gallery of Art in
Washington D.C. In Japan, the art of lacquerware-making came along with Buddhism and other cultural artifacts from China during the 8th century, and "carved lacquerware" came to Japan from Ming Dynasty China during the 14th century.
Burmese lacquerware
Yun-de is lacquerware in
Burmese language, and the art is called
Pan yun. The lacquer is the sap tapped from the varnish tree Melanorrhoea usitatissima or
Thitsee that grows wild in the forests of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is straw-coloured but turns black on exposure to air. When brushed in or coated on, it forms a hard glossy smooth surface resistant to a degree effects of exposure to moisture or heat.
History
Bayinnaung’s conquest and subjugation in 1555-1562 of
Manipur,
Bhamo, Zinme (Chiang Mai), Linzin (
Lan Xang), and up the Taping and Shweli rivers in the direction of Yunnan brought back large numbers of skilled craftsmen into Burma. It is thought that the finer sort of Burmese lacquerware, called Yun, was introduced during this period by imported artisans belonging to the Yun or
Laos Shan people tribes of the Chiang Mai region.
Manufacture and design
Lacquer vessels, boxes and trays have a coiled or woven bamboostrip base often mixed with horsehair, and the thitsee may be mixed with ashes or sawdust to form a putty-like substance called
thayo which can be scuplted. The object is coated layer upon layer with thitsee and thayo to make a smooth surface, polished and engraved with intricate designs, commonly using red, green and yellow colours on a red or black background.
Shwezawa is a distinctive form in its use of gold leaf to fill in the designs on a black background.
Palace scenes, scenes from the
Jataka tales, and the signs of the Burmese Zodiac are popular designs and some vessels may be encrusted with glass mosaic or semi-precious stones in gold relief. The objects are all handmade and the designs and engraving done free-hand. It may take three to four months to finish a small vessel but perhaps over a year for a larger piece. The finished product is a result of teamwork and not crafted by a single person.
Forms
mother of pearl lacquer box, 16th century,
Museum für Lackkunst,
Germany.The most distinctive vessel is probably a rice bowl on a stem with a spired lid for monks called
hsun ok.
Lahpet ok is a shallow dish with a lid and has a number of compartments for serving
lahpet (pickled tea) with its various accompaniments. Stackable tiffin-carriers fastened with a single handle or
hsun gyaink are usually plain red or black.
Daunglahn are low tables for meals and may be simple broad based or have three curved feet in animal or floral designs with a lid. Water carafes or
yeidagaung with a cup doubling as a lid, and vases are also among lacquerware still in use in many monasteries.
Various round boxes with lids, small and large, are known as
Yun-It including ones for
paan called
Kun-It (betel boxes).
Yun titta are rectangular boxes for storing various articles including
peisa or palm leaf manuscripts when they are called
sadaik titta. Small trays with a stem with or without a lid are known as
kalat for serving delicacies or offering flowers to royalty or the
Buddha. Theatrical troupes and musicians have their lacquerware in costumes, masks, head-dresses, and musical instruments, some of them stored and carried in lacquer trunks. Boxes in the shape of a pumpkin or a bird such as the owl, which is believed to bring luck, or the
Hamsa bird (Brahmani goose) are common too. Small polygonal tables and screens are also made for the tourist trade today.
coffin decorated with birds and dragons, from the State of Chu, 4th century BC.
Industry
Bagan is the major centre for the lacquerware industry where the handicraft has been established for nearly two centuries, and still practised in the traditional manner. Here a government school of lacquerware was founded in the 1920s. Since plastics, porcelain and metal have superseded lacquer in most everyday utensils, it is today manufactured in large workshops mainly for tourists who come to see the ancient temples of Bagan. At the village of Kyaukka near
Monywa in the Chindwin River valley, however, sturdy lacquer utensils are still produced for everyday use mainly in plain black.
References
See also
External links
- "Lacquerware of East Asia" at the Metropolitan Museum.
- "Lacquerware Stories" at the Kyoto National Museum.
- "An excellent article explaining how Chinese Cracked Lacquer is created"
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