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It is rare to fnd lacquer wares with more than three colors. On the present
pair of boxes, the fgures, trees, rocks and buildings are carved from the
uppermost layer of red lacquer, the water and some vegetation from the
green layer, and the air and earth are represented by two diferent diaper
patterns carved from the two diferent colors of ochre lacquer. The classic
use of diferent diaper patterns to represent water and air began in the Yuan
dynasty, and here has been used to enliven and diferentiate the textures of
the air, water and ground.
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