Lacquerware in Asia, Today and Yesterday

Lacquerware in Asia, Today and Yesterday
Author: Monika Kopplin
Publisher: Unesco
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Dating back several thousand years, the art of lacquer is one of the most ancient expressions of Asian culture, and this publication provides an overview of the different kinds of methods and materials used in Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The number of people employed in this ancestral art has fallen dramatically throughout Asia in recent decades, and this book considers the challenges to its survival as well as highlighting the importance of documenting past and modern procedures.

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Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 912
Release: 1940
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Netsuke

Netsuke
Author: Madeline R. Tollner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781258485023

Netsuke Masks

Netsuke Masks
Author: Raymond Bushell
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1995
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780834803411

Netsuke are small toggles or buckles carved from wood or ivory. The Japanese in the seventeenth century used them to fasten pouches to their kimono belt, since kimonos had no pockets. This lavishly illustrated book takes the reader on an exciting tour of one type of netsuke—those carved to look like the masks used by stage actors.