Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We lo-o-o-ve lacquer — just check out our recent love letter to lacquered walls, for instance — but make no mistake, the glossy ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Circular (tixi) box with domed cover; ...

Instead of carving the decorations into the wood structure of the piece and applying a layer of lacquer as a finish, the artist painstakingly applied many layers of lacquer and then used metal tools ...

Bohinc Studio has applied urushi, a traditional Japanese lacquer made of tree sap, to a series of boxes made from Katsura tree wood and cotton. Conceived by Studio founder Lara Bohinc during a ...

A circular lacquer box carved for the Chinese Emperor Yongle almost six centuries ago was yesterday sold at auction for a world record of more than $12 million. An anonymous private collector bidding ...

An early Goryeo lacquer incense box was highlighted at an international symposium at the National Museum of Korea on Friday and Saturday, bringing art historians and scholars from Korea, China and ...

Clinton’s Museum of Russian Icons keeps outdoing itself with dynamic exhibits of colorful artworks and crafts that go far beyond the religious icons that are the focal point of its collection. Its ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The motif of two long-tailed birds ...

Bohinc Studio has applied urushi, a traditional Japanese lacquer made of tree sap, to a series of boxes made from Katsura tree wood and cotton. Conceived by Studio founder Lara Bohinc during a ...