Coffin with painted designs on vermilion lacquer coating

Coffin with painted designs on vermilion lacquer coating

The outermost coffin was a plain coffin in black lacquer, and the second coffin was a coffin with painted designs on black lacquer coating. This coffin with painted designs on red vermilion lacquer coating is the third inner coffin. The entire coffin is painted in red vermilion lacquer, inside and out, and the outside is painted with auspicious designs of dragons, tigers, rosefinches, deer and immortals in green, light brown, lotus brown, dark brown and yellowish white oil paint. With rich content, the patterns on each facet of the coffin are different. Due to the superb painting technique, this object is regarded as an artistic treasure in the history of China’s lacquerwares.