Lacquerware is craft with lacquer applied to the surface of the fetal bone, which is often wood, bamboo, copper or other materials. It is an ancient craftsmanship that is functional and decorative.
Lacquerware is widely used, from architectural furnishings, palace ordinance supplies, furniture, to daily necessities and stationeries, as it has bright colour and is light and heat insulated.
Gold painting is an early form of decoration on the surface of lacquerware, often on black lacquer. The earliest known lacquerware using gilt-decoration technique was found in the Warring States Period.
Throughout different dynasties, a number of decorative techniques are developed and applied to the lacquerware, such as filling lacquer, luodian, carved lacquer, etc., and gilt painting is an early form of decoration in lacquerware. The earliest known lacquerware using gilt painting technique was found in the Warring States Period.
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Still and durable black lacquer, transforming into delicate art by the crafters. Bright and beautiful golden coating, portraying the landscapes onto the paintings.
Curated and produced by K11 Craft & Guild Foundation, A Treasure Expedition encapsulates the cultural discovery at K11 ARTUS with a one-of-a-kind mysterious exploration of age-old treasures.
Celebrating boundless creativity and dedication, K11 MUSEA is set to open one of the most prestigious fashion exhibitions ever featured in Asia.
K11 Craft & Guild Foundation is collaborating with BMW to bring an exquisite workshop on Guangcai and Chinese tea to their VIPs.
Lectures about Chinese inspiration in Cartier creations & Baibaoqian tradition.
The Architecture Festival: The Resurgence of Wooden Architecture exhibition, which is co-organized by K11 Craft & Guild Foundation, Wood Building Workshop and New World China, and curated by Li Xiangnin, and the "Myth of Wood" contemporary art sub-exhibition curated by Zuo Jing were presented at Shanghai K11 Art Mall and chi K11 art museum.
Traditional Chinese curiosity cabinets were usually made of precious hardwoods, containing small compartments for the display of delicate scholar’s objects and curiosities.
Still and durable black lacquer, transforming into delicate art by the crafters. Bright and beautiful golden coating, portraying the landscapes onto the paintings.
Curated and produced by K11 Craft & Guild Foundation, A Treasure Expedition encapsulates the cultural discovery at K11 ARTUS with a one-of-a-kind mysterious exploration of age-old treasures.
Celebrating boundless creativity and dedication, K11 MUSEA is set to open one of the most prestigious fashion exhibitions ever featured in Asia.
K11 Craft & Guild Foundation is collaborating with BMW to bring an exquisite workshop on Guangcai and Chinese tea to their VIPs.
Lectures about Chinese inspiration in Cartier creations & Baibaoqian tradition.
The Architecture Festival: The Resurgence of Wooden Architecture exhibition, which is co-organized by K11 Craft & Guild Foundation, Wood Building Workshop and New World China, and curated by Li Xiangnin, and the "Myth of Wood" contemporary art sub-exhibition curated by Zuo Jing were presented at Shanghai K11 Art Mall and chi K11 art museum.
Traditional Chinese curiosity cabinets were usually made of precious hardwoods, containing small compartments for the display of delicate scholar’s objects and curiosities.
Baibaoqian, literally meaning “hundred-treasures inlay” in Chinese, refers to the intricate inlay work comprised of variegated semi-precious materials, such as jade, agate and pearls, on premium hardwood or on lacquer ware.
Plaster moulding, one of the character-defining elements of Lingnan architecture, refers to the colourful statues and decorations commonly found on roof ridges and gable walls of traditional Chinese buildings in southern China.
Chinese wooden architecture emphasises the harmonious relationship between architecture and organic life. This, in turn, articulates the cosmic view that man and nature are united.
Dream of the Red Chambers, written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing dynasty, is one of China’s Four Greatest Classical Novels. It’s has long been considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature.
