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 ...

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 ...

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; ...

God bless lacquer boxes. They look chic, and they hide all sorts of beauty loot. The only problem? They hide it a little too well, so it's hard to keep track of what makeup you've got where. Enter the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Check out Lark E. Mason's appraisal of a Japanese lacquer box, ca. 1800, in Vintage San Jose, Hour 2. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, ...