Vintage Wajima Lacquer Folding Screen Table Clock/Japanese Art

Vintage Wajima Lacquer Folding Screen Table Quartz Clock/Japanese Art with silver and gold gilded copper. Elegant Timepiece/Home Decor. Gently used in great condition. Functioning analog clock runs on AA battery. Some aging on clock face rim. Lacquerware produced in Wajima, Ishikawa on Noto Peninsula. Traditional craftsmen's techniques handed down over generations are applied to create an unparalleled craftwork that is both artistically beautiful and practically solid. [Characteristics of Wajima Lacquerware] Made using a firm lacquer base which is hardly used in other regions. Baked diatomite is mixed with lacquer and varnished as a base layer over a wood base. As particles of diatomite have numerous minute pores, it absorbs lacquer well and makes the mixture stickier and more chemically stable.