Not currently on display at the V&A

Table

1800-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lacquer is the sap from the tree Rhus verniciflua that grows mainly in East Asia. After processing it is applied in many thin layers to a base material. The earliest extant Korean lacquer objects come from a burial site in South Kyongsang Province, dated to the first century BC. This low-slung table in black lacquer dates from the latter part of the Choson dynasty (1392-1910). It has an inlaid decoration of rocks, plum blossom and four birds bordered by landscape scenes of pavilions and equestrian figures.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lacquered wood, with mother-of-pearl inlay
Brief description
Woo, Korea, furniture, lacquer
Physical description
Low slung table with inlaid decoration of rocks, plum blossom and four birds, bordered by landscape scenes including pavilions and equestrian figures.

Colour: Black
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.5cm
  • Width: 99.7cm
  • Depth: 64.5cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Summary
Lacquer is the sap from the tree Rhus verniciflua that grows mainly in East Asia. After processing it is applied in many thin layers to a base material. The earliest extant Korean lacquer objects come from a burial site in South Kyongsang Province, dated to the first century BC. This low-slung table in black lacquer dates from the latter part of the Choson dynasty (1392-1910). It has an inlaid decoration of rocks, plum blossom and four birds bordered by landscape scenes of pavilions and equestrian figures.
Bibliographic references
  • Beth McKillop.
  • Koean Art and Design.
  • London: V&A,
  • 1992.
  • 75.
Collection
Accession number
FE.34-1991

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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