Expert: 'Important to protect' lacquer skills

More than 350 representative pieces of Chinese carved lacquerware were exhibited in Beijing for the first time since they returned to the country after 42 years.

The exhibition, presented from Dec 10 - 15 and jointly hosted by Beijing Arts & Crafts Marcopolo Trading Co, Shenzhen Zhenguxuan Arts Investment Co and Splendid Prosperity (New York), was part of the 9th Beijing International Cultural & Creative Industry Expo.

The lacquerware pieces are in various sizes and feature plates and vases with traditional decorative carvings of animals and flowers made by the former Beijing Lacquer Ware Factory in the 1950s and 1960s. They were presented at their birthplace - now the Molon Creative Park of Cultural Industries in the capital.