Chiang Mai Lacquer
Black Lacquer Box
Twelve coats of resin over bamboo, polished between each one.
฿3,200
Yan Lipao
Yan Lipao Woven Basket
Small
฿8,900
Fern vine, split to a millimetre and woven wet. A royal craft.
Yan lipao is a southern fern vine, split into strands about a millimetre wide and woven damp so it tightens as it dries. The technique was nearly lost and was revived under royal patronage in the 1970s.
A small basket takes weeks. This is the most expensive object in the collection by weight and the one most likely to be handed down.
- Maker
- Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Material
- Yan lipao fern vine
- Time
- 3–5 weeks per piece
- Note
- Keep out of direct sun
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