Vietnamese lacquer painting

Lacquer painting (son mai) is a type of painting that the artist will keep coating and polishing various materials on a surface until it becomes a finished painting. The coat is usually made from am especial kind of tree that is common in Asia.Vietnamese lacquerware often includes cultural features such as architecture, humans and landscapes. But nowadays the topics have expanded to both ancient and modern styles - range from nature, objects to abstraction and sophisticated ideas. By the development and enrichment during times, Vietnamese lacquerware has become one of the invaluable art forms of the nation.

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