This paper, based on his observation of the two shell - made animal masks at the Royal Ontario Museum of Canada, argues that the traditional technology of lacquer article inlaid with mother-of-pearl must have begun at...This paper, based on his observation of the two shell - made animal masks at the Royal Ontario Museum of Canada, argues that the traditional technology of lacquer article inlaid with mother-of-pearl must have begun at least in the late Shang Dynasty. It further points out that the lacquer articles inlaid with mother-of-pearl appeared only in the tombs of high social rankings such as the Shang kings and the heads of fangguoz states and the Haidai area might have been one of the origins of this technology.展开更多
文摘This paper, based on his observation of the two shell - made animal masks at the Royal Ontario Museum of Canada, argues that the traditional technology of lacquer article inlaid with mother-of-pearl must have begun at least in the late Shang Dynasty. It further points out that the lacquer articles inlaid with mother-of-pearl appeared only in the tombs of high social rankings such as the Shang kings and the heads of fangguoz states and the Haidai area might have been one of the origins of this technology.
