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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. (10[1])Unlike monochrome products of this technique, “Coromandel” (10[1])ones (-5[1])made with gesso (“JESS-oh”) and mother-of-pearl inlay resemble (-5[1])gold-sprinkled maki-e (10[1])(“MAH-kee-EH”). Shibata Zeshin (-5[1])treated ink with this material for (10[1])urushi-e paintings. Sword-pommel patterns (10[1])are carved into this material in diāoqī (“dee-ow-chee”). The varnishes of (10[2])Queen Anne style furniture imitated this material’s use of (10[1])Toxicodendron sap. For 10 points, cinnabar gives a vermillion (10[1])color (-5[1])to what polished, protective (-5[1])coating (10[3]-5[1])on East (10[1])Asian (10[2])“ware”? (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

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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