Box and Cover, 16th century
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Red carved lacquer (tihong)expand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2001.68.2a,b
On View in Gallery 210expand_more
Carved lacquer involved building the lacquer up to a considerable thickness. A single color might be used, such as red lacquer (tihong) colored with cinnabar (red mercuric sulfide) as demonstrated here.
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- Box and Cover
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- 2001.68.2a,b
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