Box and Cover
- Medium
- Red carved lacquer (<I>tihong<I>)
- Dimensions
- 1 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (3.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm)
- Genre
- Lacquer
Tags
China
About
Carved lacquer involved building the lacquer up to a considerable thickness. A single color might be used, such as red lacquer (tihong) colored with cinnabar (red mercuric sulfide) as demonstrated here.
