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What is Vietnamese lacquer?
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Sơn mài is also known as Vietnamese lacquer painting. It is a more modern approach to a technique that has a more than 8000-year history in China and Persia. The lacquer used in these paintings comes from the sap of the lacquer tree or the Rhus succedanea.
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Important Signed Vietnamese Lacquer
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This lacquer is decorated with deers in a lush environnement in lavish reds with a waterfall in
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Vintage 1950s Vietnamese Lacquer
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Gold Leaf
Vietnamese Lacquer By Pham Chinh Trung
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This a Lacquer on wood signed and dated in the lower left corner. Pham Chinh Trung was born in 1955
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20th Century Vietnamese Lacquer
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Gold Leaf
Antique Vietnamese Lacquer Wrestlers Drummer Vase
Located in Munich, DE
Unusual lacquer vase depicting wrestlers in different poses and a drummer. The figures and
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Lacquer
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Lacquer
Vietnamese Lacquered Photo Album Dedicated and Dated Saigon 1954
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This album photo was made and dedicated to Madame Thirion who was probably their teacher. 2 students signed their names and dated Saigon 1954. The album photo is in perfect condition...
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Mid-20th Century Vietnamese Lacquer
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Lacquer
Gabriella Crespi Style Large Bamboo Pair of Table Lamps with Red Lacquer Bases
By The Lacquer Company
Located in New York, NY
Large bamboo pair of table lamps with red lacquer bases created in collaboration with The Lacquer
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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Brass
Gabriella Crespi Style Large Bamboo Pair of Table Lamps with White Lacquer Bases
By The Lacquer Company
Located in New York, NY
Large bamboo pair of table lamps with red lacquer bases created in collaboration with The Lacquer
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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Brass
