Red Lacquer Dragon Tray #S

Cinnabar Lacquer Tray hand layered and hand-carved into dragon and flower designs, finished with black wood and Sterling Silver accents. Lacquer was first developed in China and later Japan. The material opened and offered to artists a wide scope to create beautiful paintings and pictures on furniture, trays, vases, cups and any kind meant for visual pleasure such as scenes from nature, mythology, and literature. The processes to reach this artistic level expanded into using silver, gold, inlay shell and other materials. The prime inspiration of ‘Cinnabar Lacquer Art’ comes from the natural material, Cinnabar or Dragon Blood that refers to the deep red color of lacquer which is a natural product made from the sap of the Lac tree. Lacquer is an eastern material collected from nature with extra ordinary properties, like water proof with high heat resistance, flexibility and is not and is not available in the west. Cinnabar lacquer has been around for thousands of years to waterproof