Cinnabar Lacquer
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 NICE EARLY CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER TRAY  US $2,770.00
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 LARGE CHINESE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX US $2,200.00
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 Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Cup Fu Lion Handles Qing Dynasty or Earlier US $3,600.00
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 RARE CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER ENAMEL HUGE RAM BOWL BOX US $895.00
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 IMPORTANT ANTIQUE CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER BOX19TH C US $850.00
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 19th C Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Carved Figurine Statue US $750.00
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 2 Old Chinese Lacquer Cinnabar Vase US $545.00
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 Vintage Cloisonne Vase Red Lacquer Cinnabar Combination 13 US $544.00
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 Old Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bowl Figurine Figure US $499.00
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 Chinese antique Excellent Carved Red Cinnabar Lacquer a bird of Minerva US $48.09
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 Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Box US $45.99
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 Big Handmade Carved dragon Red Cinnabar Lacquer Vase 13 H US $24.99
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 refined Handmade Carved Red Cinnabar Lacquer dragon phoenix plate US $.99
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 Wonderful cinnabar lacquer dragon carve round box US $.99
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 Old Chinese Red Lacquer Cinnabar Vase On Brass US $.99
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How can you tell the difference between cinnabar lacquer and imitations, e.g. plastic?
I have a vase that I think is cinnabar applied to a metal vase and carved. I want to know if it is genuine cinnabar. And is there any way to tell its age?
Get a safety pin or even a small icepick - because of the wooden handle. Heat it up red hot in some fashion, and touch it to some place that's hidden/out of the way. Just the point of it - as you do it, hold it to your nose and smell. Plastic will smell like plastic, and I'm not sure about cinnabar but it might smell like shellac - pine or something. Certainly cinnabar won't smell like plastic. That's the common test for what you are asking. Just be careful and heat the minimum in a hidden spot - on the bottom, usually, and you won't leave hardly any mark, and it doesn't take much to get a burning plastic smell.
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