Definitions

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  • noun Decorative coated with lacquer.

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  • noun a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals

Etymologies

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From lacquer +‎ -ware.

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Examples

  • The burials, therefore, contained a wealth of exquisite items, such as lacquerware, embroidered silk, musical instruments, and depictions of the household's servants -- more than 3,000 objects in all.

    China's Sleeping Beauty 2009

  • These cobbled streets lead past old wooden houses, shops selling traditional Japanese goods such as lacquerware and decorative paper, and excellent small restaurants, where you can get a steaming bowl of noodles and pot of green tea for under

    CANOE Travel Features 2010

  • And artworks — thrones, screens, murals, calligraphy and painting, lacquerware and bronzes, scholar's rocks and stone carvings.

    A Paradise of Illusion Lee Lawrence 2010

  • Porcelain, lacquerware, scroll painting, silk tapestries and other art forms flourished during the Yuan, established in 1271 by Khubilai Khan, China's first Mongol ruler and grandson of the great conqueror Genghis Khan.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty AP 2010

  • Its royal treasures showed how Roman glass, Indian carved ivory furniture and Chinese lacquerware traveled across the Silk Road from China to the Mediterranean.

    Afghanistan's Golden Legacy Paul Levy 2011

  • Porcelain, lacquerware, scroll painting, silk tapestries and other art forms flourished during the Yuan, established in 1271 by Khubilai Khan, China's first Mongol ruler and grandson of the great conqueror Genghis Khan.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty AP 2010

  • Porcelain, lacquerware, scroll painting, silk tapestries and other art forms flourished during the Yuan, established in 1271 by Khubilai Khan, China's first Mongol ruler and grandson of the great conqueror Genghis Khan.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Porcelain, lacquerware, scroll painting, silk tapestries and other art forms flourished during the Yuan, established in 1271 by Khubilai Khan, China's first Mongol ruler and grandson of the great conqueror Genghis Khan.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty AP 2010

  • Among other things, we see variegated works that illustrate how Chinese glassmakers transposed techniques from lacquerware: A long-necked bottle in opaque yellow glass, for example, was once covered with layers of blue and green glass that a master craftsman then cut away to leave a floral relief.

    Art, Technology, Design, Crisscrossing the Globe Lee Lawrence 2011

  • Porcelain, lacquerware, scroll painting, silk tapestries and other art forms flourished during the Yuan, established in 1271 by Khubilai Khan, China's first Mongol ruler and grandson of the great conqueror Genghis Khan.

    NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures Of Yuan Dynasty AP 2010

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