influenced by Buddhism.

Southeast Asia

Burmese lacquerware

Yun-de is lacquerware in Burmese, and the art is called Pan yun ?????????. The lacquer is the sap tapped from the varnish tree or Thitsee (Gluta usitata, syn. Melanorrhoea usitata) that grows wild in the forests of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is straw-colored but turns black on exposure to air. When brushed in or coated on, it forms a hard

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