Lacquer art: Tears of nature, timeless beauty

People living along the Yangtze River between six and seven millenniums ago had sourced sap from lacquer trees and used it to facilitate their daily lives. The chemistry between a man's hands and raw lacquer evolved in this land for millennia. The advances of human intelligence to utilize the juice of nature, manual dexterity and creativity have dramatically changed the appearance of lacquerwork.

Layering lacquer onto the surfaces of objects multiple times for better protection requires patience; each layer must dry before the next is added. The process results in a distinguished depth, which is smooth, shiny and mysterious, leaving the object in a state of stability and achieving aesthetic heights as an essential part of Eastern cultural tradition.