Yangzhou Lacquerware - guessing this is the source of most of the jewelry stuff
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Posted by: beadiste Mail author
04/18/2015, 19:20:36

Seems to be the motherlode for lacquer pieces in recent decades.

"Yangzhou Lacquerware Factory is the largest lacquerware producer in all China. "Lacquerware" is a sort of catch-all term for the sort of decorative articles often brought home by tourists as souvenirs. The lacquer industry in Yangzhou is a 2,000 year old affair, and this factory carries on that tradition proudly, having won numerous national and international awards for its craftsmanship.
The Yangzhou Lacquerware Factory imports and exports numerous unique works of art annually. Its wares include screens bearing paintings and frescos or inlaid with jade or pearl, quality stationary and ink slabs, uniquely designed furniture pieces, tea sets, smoking sets, vases, trays, decorative boxes, bowls, cabinets, and more. Over 2,000 kinds of items are produced. These traditional handicrafts of China are created using numerous techniques including carving, inlaying, engraving, polishing, dotting, and painting.

The "Lacquer Flower" brand of the Yangzhou Lacquerware Factory is famous nation and world wide. These products have often been given to foreign dignitaries or collected in China as valued national treasures. The tourist would do well to peruse them and to pick out one or two to take home."

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Related link: http://www.chinahighlights.com/yangzhou/attraction/yangzhou-lacquerware-factory.htm

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