Originating during the Warring States period, Yangzhou lacquerware flourished during the Qin and Han Dynasties and prospered during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has won a high reputation at home and abroad for its equsite artistic style and wonderful workmanship for more thanone thousand years.

Founded in 1955, Yangzhou Lacquerware Factory is a key enterprise among the national lacquerware industry and has the right of self-operating import and export business. The factory's decorative techniques can be classified into ten categories-"lacquer carving",...