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, Heian period, 11–12th century, Tokyo National Museum , National Treasure, Edo period, 18th century. The flowers are abalone shell inlays, Tokyo National Museum Raden (Japanese: 螺鈿, hiragana: らでん) is the Japanese term for Lydian (Chinese: 螺钿; traditional Chinese: 螺鈿; pinyin: luódiàn), a traditional East Asian decorative technique involving the inlay of nacre into lacquerware, wood, and other surfaces. It was subsequently introduced to Japan from the Tang dynasty during the Nara period. The term may also be used for similar traditional work from Korea called ( ), from China called ( ), from Vietnam called khảm xà cừ (chữ Nôm: 坎𤥭璖), and for modern work done in the West.
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, Heian period, 11–12th century, Tokyo National Museum , National Treasure, Edo period, 18th century. The flowers are abalone shell inlays, Tokyo National Museum Raden (Japanese: 螺鈿, hiragana: らでん) is the Japanese term for Lydian (Chinese: 螺钿; traditional Chinese: 螺鈿; pinyin: luódiàn), a traditional East Asian decorative technique involving the inlay of nacre into lacquerware, wood, and other surfaces. It was subsequently introduced to Japan from the Tang dynasty during the Nara period. The term may also be used for similar traditional work from Korea called ( ), from China called ( ), from Vietnam called khảm xà cừ (chữ Nôm: 坎𤥭璖), and for modern work done in the West.
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