Gilt Japanese Buddhist Altar Table - Taishō Period Style - Ginger Jar Mizuya were usually used in

Mizuya were usually used in the kitchen for food and crockery storage

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Gilt Japanese Buddhist Altar Table - Taishō Period Style - Ginger Jar Mizuya were usually used inThis 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.