Three legged table

Wood, lacquered
D 42.2, H 43.3
Muromachi period　15th century

Three legged table
  • D019313
Three legged table_0
  • D019313
  • 1997/12/04
Three legged table_1
  • A025256
  • 1997/12/04
Three legged table_2
  • A023236
  • 1989/08/03

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This variety of table, called a shoku, was placed infront of a Buddhist icon. Such tables were used tohold various implements for an offering service, for example incense burners (Jpn. kōro) and sets of utensils (ichimenki). Elegant “heron legs” (sagi’ashi) are attached to the half-moon shaped table top, under which are decorative openwork panels. This item is called a butterfly-shaped table(chōgata shoku) due to the shape of the tabletop.  
Object label 

Accession Number 780-0
Category Decorative Arts
Bibliography Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Buddhist Implements. Nara National Museum, 1992, 121p. (Japanese)

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