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Which pigments were used to produce red lacquer in Chinese carved lacquerwork?
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Imperial Chinese throne of the Qianlong emperor (reigned 1735–96), red lacquer carved in dragons and floral scrolls, Qing dynasty; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
In Chinese carved lacquerwork (diaoqi), the red lacquer—known as tihong—was colored using cinnabar, which is red mercuric sulfide.1