Carved lacquer
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Carved lacquer or Qidiao is a distinctive Chinese form of decorated lacquerware. While lacquer has been used in China for at least 3,000 years, the technique of carving into very thick coatings of it
Box with the character for "Spring" (春), Qianlong period, Qing dynasty. Nanjing Museum
Changfang Pan (rectangular tray) with Sword-Pommel Pattern, black with red layers, Middle Ming, about 1450–1550
Tuoyuan pan (oval tray) with people in a landscape, 24.5 cm wide, Yuan
Foliated dish or tray in the tixi technique with the guri or "Sword-Pommel Pattern", here using red with three thin layers of black. The polished top layer of red contrasts with the duller bottom layer. Early Ming.
Chinese furniture
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The forms of Chinese furniture evolved along three distinct lineages which date back to 1000 BC: frame and panel, yoke and rack and bamboo construction techniques. Chinese home furniture evolved indep
Ming imperial table in carved lacquer, early 15th century
Canopy bed, late 19th or early 20th century
Furniture made during the Liao dynasty, excavated from the underground palace in Tian Kai Ta, in Fangshan District of Beijing
A yoke-back chair from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.