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Republican-China Fan Guards with Bo Luo Lacquer Coating

Arts & Crafts Museum Hangzhou

Arts & Crafts Museum Hangzhou
Hangzhou, China

These guards have a coating of bo luo lacquer, pineapple lacquer literally and alias rhino skin lacquer, also known as tiger fur lacquer or birch lacquer in North China, which is a mixture of raw lacquer, turquoise, cinnabar, coral, etc. Usually in colors of overlapping red, black and yellow, bo luo lacquer can leads to a texture similar to that created by the technique of “scraping bo luo lacquer”. According to Recordings of Lacquerware by Huang Cheng of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 AD), “rhino skin lacquerware features patterns similar to clouds, floral medallions, and pine bark grains. Lately there has been an emergence of a kind of red rhino skin lacquerware, shining with the lustrous and smooth surface”.

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  • Title: Republican-China Fan Guards with Bo Luo Lacquer Coating
  • Physical dimensions: Length: 32cm, 16 guards & ribs

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