Large Baluster Vase Cinnabar Lacquer Characters Landscape Flowers China XIXth

Large baluster-shaped vase in cinnabar lacquer *, richly decorated with four scenes of characters in wooded landscapes (old man with geese, woman under a parasol pine, figure carving a tree, wise man with a child), all surrounded by flowers in medallions and stylized plant motifs, from China, from the 19th century. This vase is in good condition. It is very decorative and is of high quality. Please note: an accident and restoration at the neck, some small cracks inside the neck, some accidents and losses at the bottom of the vase (see arrows), slight accidents (small cracks and sinking) in the landscape with the character mounted in a tree especially above and under the mountain, wear of time, look at the photos. * Cinnabar lacquer: In Europe as in India, lacquer is a substance like a gum deposited on trees by certain species of insects, such as "tachardia lacca". This substance collected on the tree has been used to imitate the lacquers of the Far East on Japanese or sinisantes furniture since the XVIth century. The lacquer, dehydrated and purified, contains, depending on the qualities, up to 80% of "urushiol" (lacquer acid). This material, thus pure, can be used directly as a transparent substance. If one wishes to obtain a colored matter, it suffices to add special pigments, cinnabar for red, soot from pine or lamp for black, and subsequently iron sulphate for black, sulphide arsenic for green and brown. For white, mixture of lacquer and lead carbonate (white lead), already used before our era on Chinese lacquers Diameter: neck 13 cm / foot 12 cm / max. approx. 17.5 cm Height: 38 cm Reference: G10 95 All photos are on: www.antiques-delaval.com