This book is an introduction for those new to the art of lacquerware

• Introduction
• How did lacquerware and its colours come into being?
• The htanaung tree
• The tamar tree and its resin
• Lower Myanmar
• Lacquerware of Bago and Thanatpin
• Lacquerware of Nyaunglaypin
• Lacquerware of Pyay (Prome)
• Upper Myanmar
• Lacquerware of Bagan
• Lacquerware of Gadu-Ganan area
• Lacquerware of Kyaukka
• Lacquerware of Inwa (Ava)
• Lacquerware of Mandalay
• Lacquerware of Nwaku
• Shan States
• Lacquerware of Laikha
• Lacquerware of Mongnai
• Lacquerware of Inle
• Lacquerware of Kengtung
• Rakhine