Gourds appear as containers in all corners of human life. At the beginning, the appearance of the gourd container is relatively rough and simple, in order to facilitate the use, directly saw the gourd into a half is a scoop, or the gourd spliced into a variety of practical tools. When the aesthetics of human beings sprouted, the ancestors began to try to use animal bone pieces, bamboo needles, plant dyeing and other production factors to shape the gourd vessel for literature and art, and the gourd vessel appeared primitive artistry and the enlightenment of decorative arts.
Inlaid gourd, as the name suggests, is inlaid on the gourd with gold and silver porcelain piece shells and so on. In China, gold and jade jewelry has a long history of inlaying. Mosaic technology appears in the social civilization with developed productivity and high aesthetic requirements, and our common gourds are inlaid with gourd snuff bottles, gourd sachets, gourd containers, etc.
3.1001 Large gourd vase inlaid with turquoise
3.1002 Wine gourd inlaid with stones
3.1003 Gourd vessel inlaid with brass and copper wire (source snuffa)
Selected from "Gourd Container" 3.1004 Model Inlay Craft Gourd Container
Selected from "Gourd Container" 3.1005 Leza inlay craft Gourd teapot Dou Jing collection
3.1006 Leza inlay craft Gourd teapot Detail diagram Dou Jing collection
Selected from "Gourd Container" 3.10061 Splicing inlay Craft Gourd Teapot Xu Yali Collection
Selected from the "Gourd Container" Inlaid craft gourd bracelet Embedded tortoiseshell copper pipe Cinnabar Xu Haoran collection
Selected from the "Gourd Container" Inlaid craft gourd bracelet Embedded coconut shell Xu Haoran collection