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Collection of Lacquer wares
In national history, the technique of producing and putting paint onto things appeared early (circa the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD). To the 19th century, in the construction of Hue capital, the technique of producing and putting paint onto things was also brought from the north to the south by artisans who took part in the Unit of Painters under the Nguyen.

           In national history, the technique of producing and putting paint onto things appeared early (circa the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD). To the 19th century, in the construction of Hue capital, the technique of producing and putting paint onto things was also brought from the north to the south by artisans who took part in the Unit of Painters under the Nguyen. Some trainees were also recruited from the vicinity of Hue (Tien Non village, Duong No village, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province). In 1945, the Nguyen dynasty collapsed, the Unit system also came to an end as a result of the demise of the Nguyen, some painters of the Unit of Painters returned to the north while the others came to the south to continue to maintain their job.

            During the 1930s, with the creation of artisans group from the traditional lacquer village Ha Thai (Duyen Thai commune, Thuong Tin district, Ha Tay province) and some painters of IndochineseFineArtsSchool, traditional paint was used as a new material for modern painting of Vietnam called lacquer. In addition to lacquer painting, Vietnamese painters introduced another form of traditional paint called painted and engraved painting.

            The HueRoyalAntiquitiesMuseum is preserving nearly 50 painted and engraved objects, lacquered objects dating from the first half of the 20th century, mainly decorative and fine arts objects. Belonging to decorative group are paintings, screens; especially, there are painted and engraved wooden screens, lacquered wooden screens, representing royal themes such as stylized dragons, the eight treasures, a grand audience in the Imperial City - Hue, Hue girls dressed in long dresses by pavilion, etc. Included in the group of fine arts lacquer objects are dishes, covered boxes, tea sets, wine sets, etc decorated with nature pictures such as the moon rising behind the mountain and bamboo hedges, a  house on stilts by the river and a boat drifted downstream, a peasant - girl in the  field; or styles of four seasons - birds, apricot - birds.