Gilt Japanese Buddhist Altar Table - Taishō Period Long Sideboards individually handmade using traditional techniques

individually handmade using traditional techniques

Materials: Hand-thrown porcelain with sang de boeuf (oxblood) yaobian glaze

This piece would easily blend into either a traditional garden or an outside space with a more modern feel

It is intricately carved and would look great in an old cottage or displayed in a modern house

all of which speak to its original functional purpose in trade and storage

Gilt Japanese Buddhist Altar Table - Taishō Period Long Sideboards individually handmade using traditional techniquesThis incredibly rare Japanese altar table is a Buddhist altar table dating to the Taish period (1912 1926). Constructed from zelkova (red elm) and coated in fuki urushi lacquer. Fuki urushi lacquering is a technique that accentuates the natural contrasts in wood grain. The table has gilded paneling over a cloud carved apron and sits atop scroll legs wrapping around sacred hoju jewels. It would have originally been made for a Japanese Buddhist temple.