Filippo Bonanni’s 1720 study of this technique examined pieces nicknamed for the Martin family. This technique’s incised yun (“yoon”) style arose in Pagan (“puh-GAHN”) after Bayinnaung (“buh-yin-nong”) took its artisans from Chiang Mai. Charcoal burnish is used in a form of this technique compared to pear skin called nashiji. The Unryuan studio has helped revive the use of this technique to create inrō boxes. Unlike monochrome products of this technique, “Coromandel” ones made with gesso (“JESS-oh”) and mother-of-pearl inlay resemble gold-sprinkled maki-e (“MAH-kee-EH”). Shibata Zeshin treated ink with this material for urushi-e paintings. Sword-pommel patterns are carved into this material in diāoqī (“dee-ow-chee”). The varnishes of Queen Anne style furniture imitated this material’s use of Toxicodendron sap. For 10 points, cinnabar gives a vermillion color to what polished, protective coating on East Asian “ware”? ■END■
ANSWER: lacquering (“lacker-ing”) [or lacquerwork; accept lacquerware; accept lac or shellac; accept lacq ancien or vernis de lacque or vernis de la Chine; accept urushi-e or urushi tree or urushiol until “urushi-e” is read; accept monochrome lacquers or coromandel lacquers; prompt on varnishing or coating until each is read; prompt on polishing or rubbing until “polished” is read; prompt on resin or vernis Martin]
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