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Sơn mà i is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting.
The paint is made with a toxic lacquer harvested from a tree native to Southeast Asia called the Rhus succedanea.
Along with costly raw materials, these pieces require months of applying several layers of paint and sanding them back.
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Narrator: Sơn mà i is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting created using a toxic lacquer harvested from one region of the country. It requires months of application and sanding back layers of paint to build up the image. Last year, a sơn mà i painting sold at auction for $972,000. So, what makes these paintings so special? And why are they so expensive?
Beauty of lacquer art on show at exhibition in Hangzhou By Lin Qi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-28 09:42 Share A Ming Dynasty black lacquer box on show. [Photo provided to China Daily]
China s long history of using natural lacquer to make daily objects more beautiful and durable is evident in the lacquer ware found in Neolithic relics in the country. Throughout centuries, the production of lacquer objects boomed to elevate the craft to a higher level of artistry.
An exhibition now on at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou through Oct 23, 2022, reviews the glory of lacquer art in ancient China, showing some 87 fine objects in the museum collection dated between the Song (960-1279) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.
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Love of lacquer draws artist to Chongqing By TAN YINGZI in Chongqing | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-12-25 09:03 Share CLOSE Vincent Cazeneuve works at his art studio in a farmer s house on Hufeng Mountain, Chongqing. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Frenchman takes advantage of abundant raw material in Southwest China to make a living crafting modern works
Vincent Cazeneuve s art studio is hidden in a two-story farmer s house on Hufeng Mountain, about 40 kilometers away from downtown Chongqing.
On a quiet, rainy afternoon in late autumn, the French artist was using a scraper to put layers of dark lacquer mixture on a large piece of ragged cloth on a large, wooden table in the studio.