All these factors are among the reasons that lacquered work gradually became one of the important art forms of China.
傳說因為宋代宮中雕漆多以金銀為胎，清謝的「金玉瑣碎」中記載：「… … 近因賈肆跌損一器，內露黃金，一時喧哄，爭購剝毀，… … 一年之內毀剝略盡… …」經過這場浩劫，宋代雕漆於是所存無幾。