This tray was made with a dry lacquering method by Kang Chang-gyu (1906-1977), the first Korean to study industrial arts at Tokyo Art School (currently Tokyo University of the Arts). The octagonal-faced, high-legged tray displays alternately lacquered dark walnut and red colors. Its gold-powdered pattern shows the industrial arts of the early modern period. Kang used a very difficult technique and daringly creative shapes in this work, which he made on the occasion of his graduation from the school in 1933 and submitted to the 12th Joseon Art Exhibition at his teacher’s recommendation. It was subsequently purchased by the royal family of Joseon. Thus, the dry lacquer application method, the use of which was on the decline in Korea, was reverse-imported from Japan via a Korean student who had studied in Japan. It is a valuable item that exhibits a new style of handcraft adopted in the early modern period.