• Home
• About Us
• Newsletter
• Blogs
• Forum / Feedback
• Contact Us
• Wholesale
• Featured Links

• Products
  • Cloisonne
  • Lacquer
  • Snuff bottle
  • Crystals and Minerals
• Policy
  • Privacy
  • Shipping and Return
• Gallery
  • Cloisonne
  • Lacquer
  • Snuff bottle
  • Crystals and Minerals
• Bonus Gifts
• View Cart

• News
• New website launched in 2009
• Adventure trip to ShanXi, China in search of mineral crystals
• New cloisonne vase with dragon arrived
• My Crystal Bridge ebay store grand openning

• Your name:
  
  Email address:
  
  

Attend to our fine cinnabar wares! Cinnabar, or mercury sulfide, better known as the mineral vermillion, has been used to pigment lacquer for thousands of years, since the Song Dynasty of ancient China. The lacquer is built up to a heavy thickness on a brass base and then carved.

Traditionally, cinnabar lacquer has been made by applying layers after layers of lacquer then hand carved by skilled artisans until mid 20th century. Then new technology evolved to increase productivity and maintain consistency in design and quality. Modern cinnabar lacquer wares are made from cinnabar lacquer resins and molds. Once the lacquer dries, the surface of the wares is hand carved with chisels to give it the human touch.

We carry display plates - cinnabar lacquered plates adorned with carved, fearsome crimson dragons breathing angry, blistering fire. Grim, dull red clouds glow on a sinister, coal-black background and a reborn phoenix completes the scene.

We also carry lovely cinnabar lacquered flower vases and pen cups, richly ornamented with flower-and-leaf designs.

Searching for a gift for your lover? Consider our cinnabar jewelry boxes. Covered in the Chinese pictograms for prosperity, our jewelry boxes express to your lover that she is an extraordinary thing, unique in your world, the burning flame that warms your being.

If that doesn't strike your fancy, look at our cinnabar lacquered bracelets. These gorgeous, richly colored bangles are a stunning gift, suitable for your "perfect woman nobly planned". They are exquisite; the perfect enhancement against the elegant curves of an attractive woman's wrist. They are decorated with the Chinese symbols for calmness, harmony, and peace.

Items are marked with shipping weight. Feel free to click on "More Views", the button to the left of the item photo, to see the item in a gallery. Feel free also to give us a call with any questions you may have about any of the items on this page or any other item on our website. We place ourselves at your service!

We offer a bonus gift, such as a cloisonne enameled powder box, or a cloisonne enameled Christmas bell with any order greater than $39.99.