2017年8月14日 星期一

"Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer, 14th to 19th Century"


"Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer, 14th to 19th Century" features 45 magnificent examples of Chinese carved lacquer drawn entirely from The Met collection.

"Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer, 14th to 19th Century," featuring 45 magnificent examples of Chinese carved lacquer drawn entirely from The Met collection, will explore the development of this significant…
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Dragon's blood is a bright red resin that is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: CrotonDracaenaDaemonoropsCalamus rotang and Pterocarpus. The red resin has been in continuous use since ancient times as varnishmedicineincense, and dye.


Dragon's blood, powdered pigment or apothecary's grade and roughly crushed incense
血竭棕櫚科植物麒麟竭(Daemonorops draco Bl.)果實中所滲出之紅色樹脂製作而成的加工品,又稱龍血竭。血竭是中醫學中所用的其中一種中藥。血竭多以粉末狀食用或塗抹在傷口上,有止血的功效。用藥期間最好不要與酸性或鹼性的食物混用,否則會影響藥效。此外,血竭具有活血散瘀,定痛,止血生肌的功效[1]
民間亦有使用作為染料或香料。




Cinnabar (/ˈsɪnəbɑːr/) and cinnabarite (/sɪnəˈbɑːrt/), likely deriving from the Ancient Greekκιννάβαρι[6] (kinnabari), refer to the common bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide, formula HgS, that is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury, and is the historic source for the brilliant red or scarlet pigment termed vermilion and associated red mercury pigments.


硃砂又稱辰砂丹砂赤丹汞沙,是硫化汞的天然礦石,大紅色,有金剛光澤至金屬光澤,屬三方晶系。


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