犀皮漆又名菠萝漆、虎皮漆等,在传统大漆工艺里,它是一种广受欢迎的漆艺表达形式。关于犀皮漆工艺的起源,学界一直有不同观点。唐宋元明清历代均有文献记载述说犀皮漆的来历,记录者也颇为庞杂,从文人到工匠纷纭杂陈,几使后来的研究者无所适从。那么,犀皮漆到底从何而来呢?犀皮漆名称的来历马鞍起源说此观点出自唐人赵林的记录,他认为犀皮漆是匠人从马鞍上得到启发,进而发明了这一工艺。这个说法后来被元人陶宗仪在其《辍耕录》中引用: Rhinoceros paint, also known as pineapple paint, tiger paint, etc., in the traditional lacquer craft, it is a popular form of expression of lacquer. On the origin of the rhinoplasty paint process, the academic community has always had different perspectives. Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties have documented history of rhinoceros skin paint, the record is also quite complicated, from the literati to artisan mixed, a few later researchers at a loss. Then, rhino skin paint in the end come from? Origin of the name of rhinoceros paint saddle origin said that this view from the records of Zhao Lin, he believes that rhinoceros paint is a trainee inspired from the saddle, and then invented this process. This view was later quoted Tao Yuanyi in his “stop cultivating recorded” quoted: