LACQUERWARE
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Lacquer objects have been discovered in burial grounds dating back to Neolith- ic times at the Hemudu 河姆渡 archaeological cultural site in Zhejiang Prov- ince 浙江省 and through fragments discovered at the Erlitou二里頭site dating from the Xia dynasty 夏朝 c.2100BCE. By the Shang dynasty 商朝 (c.1600– 1050BCE), lacquer was already a sophisticated art form.