Editing Lacquerware (section)

====History====
The earliest fragments of lacquerware basketry found in [[Bagan]] dates back to the 13th century. Evidence for older lacquerware in Bagan remains inconclusive.<ref>{{cite web |last=Berengueres |date=2007 |url=http://www.baganlacquerwarecluster.org/ancient-history-and-tradition-bagan-lacquerware |title=Ancient History and Tradition of Bagan Lacquerware}}</ref>

[[Bayinnaung]]'s conquest and subjugation in 1555–1562 of [[Manipur]], [[Bhamo]], Zinme ([[Chiang Mai]]), Linzin ([[Lan Xang]]), and up the Taping and Shweli rivers in the direction of [[Yunnan]] brought back large numbers of skilled craftsmen into Burma. It is thought that the finer sort of Burmese lacquerware, called Yun, was introduced during this period by imported artisans belonging to the Yun or [[Northern Thai people|Northern Thai]] people of the Chiang Mai region.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/Burma/bur_history.pd|title=Burma|author=D.G.E. Hall|year=1960|publisher=Hutchinson University Library|pages=42}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>