This also meant the team could analyze a much larger sample size than prior research: more than 450 metal weapons, along with samples of terracotta warriors, soil, and lacquer. So they were able ...

Further analysis revealed that the lacquer was actually the source of the chromium detected by earlier researchers. A study of the site soil yielded more clues: It’s alkaline and finely grained ...

The cause of the problem was the natural lacquer applied to the terracotta ... into containers which match the moisture levels of the soil. Next, they dab aqueous solutions of ...

Shingo Muramoto. “Wing of foliage” (2020). Material: Natural lacquer, bamboo, hemp cloth, Japanese paper. The Gallery by SOIL, Collect 2021. Ting-Ying Gallery, based in both the U.K. and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “The sap harvested for lacquer is like the blood of a tree. It is a treasure from nature,” says ...