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    This carved lacquerware table in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). It is unique in shape and decoration and...
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    Lacquerware are objects decoratively covered with lacquer. Lacquerware includes small or large containers, tableware, a variety of small objects carried...
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    carved lacquerware, for example the Chinese lacquerware table in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The number nine is special in China as it is...
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    watercolour on silk date from the 18th century. There is a unique Chinese lacquerware table, made in the imperial workshops during the reign of the Xuande...
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    Lacquerware (漆器, shikki) is a Japanese craft with a wide range of fine and decorative arts, as lacquer has been used in urushi-e, prints, and on a wide...
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    Carved lacquer or Qidiao (Chinese: 漆雕) is a distinctive Chinese form of decorated lacquerware. While lacquer has been used in China for at least 3,000 years...
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    the past. The conservation concept has been prepared for porcelains, lacquerware panels, white-painted woodwork and gilded frames, with an aim to provide...
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    or parts of the visible areas. All the various sub-techniques of Chinese lacquerware can be found on furniture, and became increasingly affordable down...
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    Tableware (redirect from Table ware)
    ("plate") at the table; China and Japan were two major exceptions, using lacquerware and later fine pottery, especially porcelain. In China, bowls have always...
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    Cinnabar (category Traditional Chinese medicine)
    from cinnabar. The most popularly known use of cinnabar is in Chinese carved lacquerware, a technique that apparently originated in the Song dynasty. The...
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  • particular words: 'najeon'– mother-of-pearl and ‘chilgi’ which refers to lacquerware. ‘Najeon’ refers to the composite material which forms the inner shiny...
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    figures in pavilions and a main border with a "hundred antiques". Chinese lacquerware box from the Qing dynasty, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt...
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    Ming era Chinese ceramic exports were sent to Europe, while the rest were destined for Japan and South East Asia. Carved designs in lacquerware and designs...
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    Beijing (redirect from Chinese Peking)
    site of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the China Academy of Space Technology, the China Academy of Engineering Physics, the Chinese Academy of Social...
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    Chinoiserie (redirect from Chinese-esque)
    chinoiserie, from chinois, "Chinese"; traditional Chinese: 中國風; simplified Chinese: 中国风; pinyin: Zhōngguófēng; lit. 'China style') is the European interpretation...
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  • Carved lacquer or Qīdiāo (Chinese: 漆雕) is a distinctive Chinese form of decorated lacquerware. While lacquer has been used in China for at least 3,000 years...
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    Chinese art Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing...
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    Tang dynasty (redirect from Tang China)
    The Tang dynasty (/tɑːŋ/, [tʰǎŋ]; Chinese: 唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between...
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    Soybeans and Soyfoods in China and Taiwan, and in Chinese Cookbooks, Restaurants, and Chinese Work with Soyfoods Outside China (1024 BCE to 2014). Soyinfo...
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    Yongle Tongbao (category Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text)
    The Yongle Tongbao (traditional Chinese: 永樂通寳; simplified Chinese: 永乐通宝; pinyin: yǒnglè tōng bǎo, Japanese: 永楽通宝 (Eiraku Tsūhō); Vietnamese: Vĩnh Lạc...
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    umbrella (Chinese: 油紙傘; Chinese: 油纸伞; pinyin: yóuzhǐsǎn, Mandarin pronunciation: [i̯ǒu̯ʈʂɨ̀sàn]) is a type of paper umbrella that originated in China. It subsequently...
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    Chinese ceramics are one of the most significant forms of Chinese art and ceramics globally. They range from construction materials such as bricks and...
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  • northern China to the south. This migration appears originated from the Yellow River area. Neolithic Geography of China Prehistory of China Chinese art Chinese...
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    Paulownia (redirect from Chinese paulownia)
    wardrobes called tansu (箪笥) as well as much Korean lacquerware is also made from the wood. It is important in China, Korea, and Japan for making the soundboards...
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  • produced the famous vermillion or "Chinese red" of Chinese lacquerware.: 111  Red played an important role in Chinese philosophy. It was believed that the...
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  • The conservation and restoration of lacquerware prevents and mitigates deterioration or damage to objects made with lacquer. The two main types of lacquer...
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    Wa (name of Japan) (category Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text)
    ethnonym of the Japanese people. From c. the 2nd century AD Chinese and Korean scribes used the Chinese character 倭; 'submissive', 'distant', 'dwarf' to refer...
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    Chu (state) (category CS1 Chinese-language sources (zh))
    Chu (Chinese: 楚; pinyin: Chǔ; Wade–Giles: Ch'u, Old Chinese: *s-r̥aʔ) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Their first ruler was King...
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    "Ancient times table hidden in Chinese bamboo strips: The 2,300-year-old matrix is the world's oldest decimal multiplication table". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature...
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    Japanning (category Lacquerware)
    regarded by many including Alexander Pope as a feminine pastime. These mock lacquerware techniques were often suggested to be applied to textiles, and by the...
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