ABSTRACT
The bodiless lacquerware of ancient Chinese Buddha statues has a long history. The famous sculptor Dai Kui in the Eastern Jin dynasty was the first in the written record to create a bodiless lacquerware of Buddha statue. The art was almost lost after the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. It was not until the reign of Jiajing and Daoguang in the Qing dynasty that this craftsmanship was restored by a Fujian lacquer craftsman. This paper focuses, from the perspective of the technique and material, on the application of bodiless lacquerware in the Buddha statues, the durability and gorgeous artistic effect of the materials and craft in the making process of Buddha statues of bodiless lacquerware, as well as the special expressive force different from other materials, which has far-reaching significance.
