The workmen studied the shapes of the bases, the quality of the lacquer, and the use of different colors, and more often than not used brushes to draw varied decorative patterns on the polished bases.

工匠们开始琢磨漆器的胎体、形制，漆的质量，色彩的运用，并且更多地使用毛笔在打磨好的漆底上，画出多样的装饰。

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He is very fond of decorative study objects, and has collected several hundred writing brushes alone.

他非常喜爱文房清玩，仅毛笔就收藏了几百支。

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Mr. Finkelstein landed in New York in the 1980s, just as a revival of decorative painting was hitting the U.S. He started his line of brushes and a school for decorative painting when he saw the lack of necessary equipment and training.

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