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Tea Caddy (Chaire)
Tea Caddy (Chaire)
1500s
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Japan, Muromachi period
(1392-1573)
Negoro lacquer on wood
Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1988.56.a
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Negoro is a lacquer technique, named after the Negoro temple in Japan, in which several layers of red lacquer are applied over a black lacquer undercoating. Through years of handling, a natural surface of red and black random patterns emerges, an aesthetic highly prized by the Japanese.
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