The Invention of Lacquer

The invention of lacquer really helped to improve China during the Zhou Dynasty. Craftsmen during the Zhou Dynasty put lacquer on spoons and cups. This made spoons and cups last longer because lacquer was heat, acid, and water proof. Lacquer also helped us learn about Ancient China. Because lacquer was acid, heat, and water proof it would make the product it was put over last longer. For example, when lacquer was put on spoons and cups it helped preserved the spoons and cups. A well preserved cup was found in a grave from 300 B.C.E. Lacquer was also used to make art. Artists would layer the lacquered cloth onto a clay mold. After a day or two it would have hardened and been able to stand on its own. Craftsmen from China would also carve into the lacquerwear to make beautiful works of art. This shows that even the littlest invention could really help out then and can in the future.

This is the container that they held the lacquer in.