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Detail: Lacquer, the resin of a family of trees found throughout southern China—as well as in Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan—is an amazing material. When exposed to oxygen and humidity, lacquer hardens or polymerizes, becoming a natural plastic and an ideal protective covering for screens, trays, and other implements. Mixed with pigments, particularly cinnabar (red) and carbon (black), lacquer has been also used as an artistic media for millennia.
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Phone No.: 212-535-7710 Site URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/chinese-lacquer |
Round dish with birds and hollyhock |
China Yuan (1271–1368)–early Ming (1368–1644) dynasty H. 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Diam. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) Carved red lacquer |
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