A Japanese lacquer worker's work table. The surface with lacquer build up and drippings. Lacquer is a refined sap from the urushi tree (Rhus verniciflua) related to the sumac tree. When being applied to a work it is a viscous oily liquid, which often drips on the craftsman's work surface, building up over the years Liquid lacquer (urushi) would be mixed with color oxides and worked on this table as well as it being used as a work surface. The underside of the table dated Taisho 4th year (1915).
20th century, Dated 1915
31” x 15 ½” x 5 ½” high
